Tsoanelo Pholo

Tsoanelo Pholo
huddle South Africa Girl- ARG-RSA 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born (1982-12-13) 13 December 1982 (age 42)
Maseru, Lesotho
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2004-2006 South Africa 9 (1)
2007 Indoor South Africa 6 (1)
Coaching career
Years Team
-present University of Johannesburg
-present Southern Gauteng Junior
2018 South African Junior
2017 Madikwe Rangers[1]
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Abuja Team
Champions Challenge
Silver medal – second place 2005 Virginia Beach Team

Tsoanelo Pholo (born 13 December 1982 in Johannesburg) is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

She was born in Maseru, Lesotho and later moved to Johannesburg where she still resides. and she is nicknamed Coach. Pholo played for a provincial team called Southern Gauteng. She was recruited to represent South Africa in the touch rugby World Cup in 1999. She also played soccer. After her retirement from playing international hockey, Pholo pursued her coaching ambitions.

Coach Pholo is an FIH (International Hockey Federation) Level 4 Accredited Field Hockey coach & FIH Coach Educator. She is head coach of the women's 1st team at the University of Johannesburg, head coach of the Southern Gauteng provincial Junior (Under 21) team, and she coached the South African team which won the 2018 African Youth Games in Algiers, Algeria and were semi-finalists at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

She is the striker coach for the South Africa men's national field hockey team.

International senior tournaments

References

  1. ^ Etheridge, Mark (6 November 2017). "Premier Hockey League coaches do battle for players". TeamSA. Retrieved 17 February 2022.