Lefebre_Rademan

Lefébre Rademan

Lefébre Rademan

South African netball player


Lefébre Rademan (born 22 August 1996)[1] is a South African netball player, who has represented the national team. At club level, she plays for Severn Stars in the British Netball Superleague (NSL), and has previously played for Celtic Dragons and London Pulse in the NSL, as well as Free State Crinums in the South African Netball League.

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Personal life

Rademan is from Riversdale, Western Cape, South Africa.[3] She attended Langenhoven High School, and later studied education at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein.[3]

Club career

Rademan started her career as a defender,[3] but now plays as either a goal attack or a wing attack.[4] Whilst at the University of the Free State, Rademan played Varsity netball for their team, the Kovsies. She later captained the side.[3] She was part of the 2018 Kovsies team that won the Varsity Cup,[5] and in 2019, she was named the season's best player and player's player of the year.[3][2]

In the same year, Rademan played for Free State Crinums in the South African Netball League.[3] She was the Crinums' captain, and they finished third in the league. Rademan won four player of the match awards in the tournament.[4] In 2020, she captained the Free State Crinums again, and was named Shooter of the Tournament.[2][6] The Crinums came second, losing in the final to Gauteng Jaguars.[6] Ahead of the 2021 Netball Superleague season, Rademan signed for London Pulse.[2] She made her debut for London Pulse in a match against Surrey Storm in February 2021.[7] Ahead of the 2022 Netball Superleague season, Rademan signed for Celtic Dragons.[8] She re-signed for the team for the 2023 season,[9] but did not play due to injury.[10] Rademan signed for Severn Stars ahead of the 2024 Netball Superleague season.[11]

International career

In her matric year (final year of high school), Rademan played for South Africa under-18s.[3] She has also played for South Africa under-21s,[1] and represented them at the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup.[12]

Rademan received her first callup to the South Africa national netball team whilst in the middle of a coaching session in Bloemfontein.[3] She made her debut in an October 2019 Africa Netball Cup match against Lesotho, and she also played in South Africa's Africa Cup matches against Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Zambia.[3] Later in the year, she played in the series against England.[3][13] In 2020, she played in the Netball Nations Cup,[14] and in South Africa's series against Malawi.[15] Rademan was unable to play for South Africa in their 2021 SPAR Challenge Series matches against Uganda and Namibia as the rearranged dates clashed with her London Pulse matches.[16] Rademan played at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where she sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[9][17] In early 2023, she trained with locally-based South African players as part of her rehabilitation.[10]


References

  1. "Lefébre Rademan". Varsity. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. "Rademan setting new goals on court". TFG SportsClub magazine. February 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2021 via Netball South Africa.
  3. "Rademan Aims Higher". The Star. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2021 via PressReader.
  4. "Kovsies lift Varsity Netball trophy". SuperSport. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. "Lefébre Rademan Tipped as Most Exciting VNSL Import". G Sport. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  6. "Rademan happy to be back on court". SuperSport. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  7. "LEFÉBRE RADEMAN JOINS SEVERN STARS IN THE VITALITY NETBALL SUPER LEAGUE". G Sport South Africa. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  8. "Player gets chance after setbacks". News24. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  9. "Proteas beat Malawi in first of three Tests in Sun City". Independent Online. South Africa. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  10. "Birmingham Scoop – Day 8". Netball Scoop. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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