Renske Stoltz is a South African

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player.

Early life

Stoltz was born in

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before shifting with her family to

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. She has played netball for the past seventeen years and attended Hoërskool Rustenburg.

Career

Stoltz earned her first cap against New Zealand in the Netball Quad Series. She was also part of the under-19 Baby Proteas squad. She also participated in the

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for the North West Flames and represented her university in the local varsity championship. She also played for Loughborough Lightning in the British Fast5 All Stars Netball Championship whereby she sank a last-minute five pointer in the grand final against

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to earn the championship title as well as earned the player of the series award. She also got selected to represent South Africa in the

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in Australia. Stoltz got signed by defending

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champions

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for the 2018 season, though only stayed at the club for one season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stoltz, Renske 1994 births Living people South African netball players Netball Superleague players 2019 Netball World Cup players South African expatriate netball people in England Loughborough Lightning netball players Wasps Netball players