Adelaide Muskwe
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adelaide Thandeke Muskwe | ||
| Born |
21 August 1998 Harare, Zimbabwe | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Occupation | netball player | ||
| Netball career | |||
| Playing position(s): goal defense, wing defense | |||
Adelaide Thandeke Muskwe (born 21 August 1998) is a Zimbabwean netball player who represents Zimbabwe internationally and plays in the positions of goal defense and wing defense.[1][2]
Life
Muske and her twin brother Admiral were born in 1998 at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe.[3] They moved to the United Kingdom when they were three.[4] Her talents led to her attending Ratcliffe College near Loughborough where she trained with the elite netball team Loughborough Lightning and trained also at UK national camps.[5] Adelaide is a Nottingham Trent University graduate in Sports Science and she has signed for the Severn Stars netball team in 2019[4] who are based in Worcester.
She was a member of the Zimbabwean squad which finished at eighth position during the 2019 Netball World Cup, which was historically Zimbabwe's first ever appearance at a Netball World Cup tournament.[6]
References
- ^ "Adelaide Muskwe". Netball World Cup. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Adelaide Muskwe". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ Gwaze, Veronica. "Muskwe finds home in Gems camp". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Heart-broken Zim looks to netball for salvation…Muskwe tipped to shine". NewZimbabwe.com. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "GO GOLD Profiles". www.lrsport.org. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Zimbabwe". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 9 September 2019.