Dirkie Chamberlain (born 3 November 1986) is a South African

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player.

International career

The affable player is a 1x Olympian, played 4 World Cups, 3 Commonwealth Games. At the

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, she competed with the

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in the

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. She has also competed at the

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and

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

. and 2018 Commonwealth Games. Dirkie currently plays at the

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. In the past, has also played various European leagues; with clubs including

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, Kampong (Dutch Hoofdklasse), Canterbury HC (Investec English Premier League) and Gantoise HC (Belgium Honour Division).

Personal life

She began playing hockey when she was 13. Dirkie is openly

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References

External links

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Dirkie Chamberlain
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England Hockey England Hockey is the national governing body for the sport of field hockey in England. There are separate governing bodies for the sport in the other parts of the United Kingdom. History and organisation England Hockey was formed on 1 January 2 ...

Dirkie Chamberlain
at the

European Hockey Federation The European Hockey Federation is a European sports federation for field hockey, based in Brussels. It is the umbrella organisation for all European national federations, and organises the Euro Hockey League. Marijke Fleuren was elected preside ...

1986 births Living people Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of South Africa South African female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Sportspeople from Pretoria Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Female field hockey forwards Holcombe Hockey Club players HGC players SV Kampong players South African LGBT sportspeople {{SouthAfrica-fieldhockey-bio-stub LGBT field hockey players