Samkelo Mvimbi

{{Short description|South African field hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Samkelo Mvimbi

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|1|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Plettenberg Bay, South Africa{{Cite web |date=2021-06-04 |title=Samkelo "Sam" Mvimbi off to the Tokyo Olympic Games 2021 |url=https://www.bitou.gov.za/samkelo-%E2%80%9Csam%E2%80%9D-mvimbi-tokyo-olympic-games-2021 |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Bitou Municipality |language=en}}

| height =

| weight =

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = WPCC{{Cite web |title=Western Province Hockey Union - WP Team Announcement 2022 |url=https://www.wphockey.org.za/121-news/305-wp-team-announcement-2023 |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.wphockey.org.za}}

| years1 = ?-2021

| clubs1 = University of Pretoria

| caps1 = 19

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2017-2019

| clubs2 = Golden Gate Gladiators

| caps2 = 13

| nationalyears1 = 2019-

| nationalteam1 = South Africa

| nationalcaps1 = 50

| nationalgoals1 = 7

| updated = 6 November 2023

}}

Samkelo 'Sam' Mvimbi (born 23 January 1999) is a South African field hockey midfielder. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/hockey/athlete-profile-n1345580-mvimbi-samkelo.htm|title=Hockey MVIMBI Samkelo|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|access-date=25 July 2021|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725224800/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/hockey/athlete-profile-n1345580-mvimbi-samkelo.htm|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Olympics, here I come! |url=https://www.knysnaplettherald.com/News/Article/General/www.knysnaplettherald.com/News/Article/General/olympics-here-i-come-202106020623 |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Knysna-Plett Herald}}

Personal life

Mvimbi attended Oakhill High School, and graduated from University of Pretoria in International Relations.{{Cite web |title=Sam Mvimbi, Knysna hockey star, makes us proud as he is selected for the South African Men's Hockey Team |url=https://www.georgeherald.com/CommunityAcclamations/Sam-Mvimbi-Knysna-hockey-star-makes-us-proud-as-he-is-selected-for-the-South-African-Men-s-Hockey-Team |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=George Herald}}

Honours

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==Western Province Hockey==

  • 2022 Senior IPT Men - A Section - Player of the Tournament{{Cite web |title=IPT 2022 {{!}} And the champions are… |url=https://www.sahockey.co.za/tournaments/ipt-men/889-ipt-2022-and-the-champions-are |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903192444/https://www.sahockey.co.za/tournaments/ipt-men/889-ipt-2022-and-the-champions-are |archive-date=2022-09-03 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=South African Hockey Association}}

References

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