Onthatile Owethu Zulu (born 14 March 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

Onthatile Zulu was born and raised in

Gauteng Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...

Career

National team

Zulu made her senior international debut for

in 2019, during a

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for the

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. Following a string of good performances in the lead up to selection, Zulu was named in the squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics in

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. She will make her Olympic debut on 24 July 2021, in the

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match against

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. Christa Ramasimong and her are the co-captains of the South Africa U21 team to compete in the FIH Women's Junior World Cup.

Honours

Club

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 ...

* Varsity Hockey 2019: FNB Player of the Tournament Award

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zulu, Onthatile 2000 births Living people Female field hockey midfielders South African female field hockey players Sportspeople from Gauteng Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of South Africa TuksHockey Club players 21st-century South African women Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games