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Tegan Fourie

Tegan Fourie

South African field hockey player


Tegan Fourie (born 13 July 1998) is a South African field hockey player for the South African national team.[2]

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International career

She made her début in South Africa Under-21 it 2016 at Junior Africa cup and Junior World Cup.

In 2017, Fourie made her indoor debut during a test series against Zimbabwe. She has gone on to represent the team in various test matches, as well as at the 2021 Indoor Africa Cup.[3]

Despite never having made an international outdoor appearance, Fourie was named to the South Africa squad for the test matches Namibia.[4] She was named to the South Africa squad for the Hockey Africa Cup of Nations for Ghana[5]

Personal life

Fourie is a type 1 diabetic.[2]

She attended is St Mary’s DSG, Kloof[6][7] and studied at the University of Pretoria.[2]

His sister Cerian [Wikidata] also is an international hockey player at Junior Africa cup[2][8][9] and 2023 Junior World Cup.[10]

Honours

Indoor

  • Test Matches: RSA v ZIM (2017) - Leading Goalscorer
  • Test Matches: CZE v RSA (2019) - Leading Goalscorer
  • Indoor Africa Cup 2021 - Leading Goalscorer[11][12]
  • 2024 South Africa Indoor Hockey Players of the Year[13]
  • 2023 HRH Tuanku Zara Women's International Indoor Tournament - Player of the Tournament[14][15]

References

  1. "2022 Africa Cup of Nations - Team". FIH.
  2. "2017 Test Matches: RSA v ZIM". tms.fih.ch. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  3. "2019 Test matches RSA v NAM (Women)". tms.fih.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. Adams, Zaahier. "SA Women's Hockey name team for Afcon". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  5. "St Mary's hockey stars net SA team spots". Highway Mail. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  6. "Highway schools battle it out for hockey spot". Highway Mail. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  7. "SA Hockey U21 Women named for Junior World Cup". SA Hockey Association. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  8. "International Hockey Federation". tms.fih.ch. Retrieved 28 May 2022.



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