Edith Mpolokeng Molikoe (born 23 May 2000) is a

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player from

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

. In 2020, she was an athlete at the

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Personal life

Edith Molikoe was born and raised in the Free State of South Africa. She later moved to

Nelson Mandela Bay Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality ( af, Nelson Mandelabaai Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit; xh, uMasipala wase Nelson Mandela Bay or ''uMasipala waseBhayi'') is one of eight metropolitan municipalities (also called Category A municipalities) in So ...

with her family, where she now resides in

Gqeberha Gqeberha (), formerly Port Elizabeth and colloquially often referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, So ...

. Molikoe is a former student of

Woodridge College Woodridge College is a private, co-educational school in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Woodridge is situated near the small town of Thornhill, Kouga, halfway between Jeffrey's Bay and Port Elizabeth. The school is attended by both boarders a ...

, and now studies at the

University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was ...

Career

Indoor hockey

In 2018, Molikoe made her

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debut during a test series against

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

. She has gone on to represent the team in various test matches, as well as at the 2021 Indoor Africa Cup. She was named to the South African U21 Invitational squad.

Field hockey

Despite never having made an international outdoor appearance, Molikoe was named to the

squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

. She made her outdoor debut on 24 July 2021, in the

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match against

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Molikoe, Edith 2000 births Living people Female field hockey forwards South African female indoor hockey players South African female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for South Africa TuksHockey Club players 21st-century South African women Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 2023 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players