Lefébre Rademan (born 22 August 1996) is a South African

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player, who has represented the

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. At club level, she plays for

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in the British

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(NSL), and has previously played for Celtic Dragons and London Pulse in the NSL, as well as Free State Crinums in the South African Netball League.

Personal life

Rademan is from Riversdale, Western Cape, South Africa. She attended Langenhoven High School, and later studied education at the

University of the Free State The University of the Free State (; Sotho language, Sesotho: ''Yunivesithi ya Freistata'') is a multi-campus public university in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State (province), Free State and the judicial capital of South Africa. It wa ...

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Club career

Rademan started her career as a defender, but now plays as either a goal attack or a wing attack. Whilst at the University of the Free State, Rademan played Varsity netball for their team, the Kovsies. She later captained the side. She was part of the 2018 Kovsies team that won the Varsity Cup, and in 2019, she was named the season's best player and player's player of the year. In the same year, Rademan played for Free State Crinums in the South African Netball League. She was the Crinums' captain, and they finished third in the league. Rademan won four

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awards in the tournament. In 2020, she captained the Free State Crinums again, and was named Shooter of the Tournament. The Crinums came second, losing in the final to Gauteng Jaguars. Ahead of the 2021 Netball Superleague season, Rademan signed for London Pulse. She made her debut for London Pulse in a match against Surrey Storm in February 2021. Ahead of the 2022 Netball Superleague season, Rademan signed for Celtic Dragons. She re-signed for the team for the 2023 season, but did not play due to injury. Rademan signed for

ahead of the 2024 Netball Superleague season.

International career

In her matric year (final year of high school), Rademan played for South Africa under-18s. She has also played for South Africa under-21s, and represented them at the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup. Rademan received her first callup to the

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whilst in the middle of a coaching session in Bloemfontein. She made her debut in a 2019 Africa Netball Cup match against

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, and she also played in South Africa's Africa Cup matches against

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, and

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. Later in the year, she played in the series against England. She played in the 2020 Netball Nations Cup, and in South Africa's series against Malawi. Rademan was unable to play for South Africa in their 2021 SPAR Challenge Series matches against Uganda and

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as the rearranged dates clashed with her London Pulse matches. Rademan played at the

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, where she sustained an

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. In early 2023, she trained with locally-based South African players as part of her rehabilitation.

References

External links

Netball South Africa

Varsity profile

Netball Superleague
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