Nomnikelo Veto

Nomnikelo Veto
Personal information
Born (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27)
Gqeberha, South Africa
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club CUS Torino [it] (Italy)
Senior career
Years Team
2018-2019 University of the Witwatersrand
2022-present CUS Torino [it]
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2016 South Africa U–21 5 (4)
2019– South Africa 18 (5)
Medal record
Africa Cup of Nations
Gold medal – first place 2022 Accra
Junior Africa Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Windhoek

Nomnikelo Veto (born 3 January 1997)[1] is a field hockey player from South Africa. In 2020, she was an athlete at the Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Personal life

Nomnikelo Veto was born in Gqeberha, and grew up in the neighbouring suburb of Walmer.[4][2]

Career

International experience

In the summer of 2021, after the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Veto went to Italy to play for Cus Torino in Italian Serie A1. She scored the first goal of the season against Butterfly Rome. She scored five other goals in the first part of the season: 3 in Serie A1 and 2 in Coppa Italia.

Under–21

In 2016, Veto made her debut for the South Africa U–21 team at the Junior Africa Cup in Windhoek.[5]

National team

Veto made her senior international debut for South Africa in 2019, during a test series against Namibia in Randburg.[5] She followed this up with a series of appearances throughout the year, most notably at the FIH Series Finals in Valencia.[6]

Following her series of international appearances in 2019, Veto was named to the South Africa squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[7] She made her Olympic debut on 24 July 2021, in the Pool A match against Ireland.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Team Details – South African". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "VETO Nomnikelo". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ "ATHLETES – NOMNIKELO VETO". eurosport.com. EuroSport. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Hockey star Veto's journey from Walmer township to Tokyo Games". heraldlive.co.za. The Herald. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b "VETO Nomnikelo". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  6. ^ "VETO Nomnikelo". fihseriesfinals.com. FIH Series Finals. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  7. ^ "SA Hockey Squads Selected". sahockey.co.za. South African Hockey Association. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  8. ^ "2020 Olympic Games (Women)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.