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Tsoanelo Pholo (born 13 December 1982 in Johannesburg) is a field hockey player, High Performance Coach and Coach Educator from South Africa, who was a member of the national team that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[citation needed]
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 Touch World Cup in 1999 at the age of 16. She also played soccer. After her retirement from playing international hockey, Pholo pursued her coaching ambitions.[citation needed]
As a coach, Pholo is an FIH (International Hockey Federation) Level 4 Accredited Field Hockey coach, FIH Coach Educator and FIH Trainer. She was 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.[citation needed]
She led the South African Senior Hockey5s team to a semi-final spot at the inaugural 2024 FIH Women's Hockey5s World Cup and was the striker coach for the South Africa men's national field hockey team which scored 16 goals at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[citation needed]
She led the Hong Kong Women’s Hockey Program (u12 - Senior Team) from 2024 to 2026.[citation needed]
International senior tournaments
[edit]- 2003 – All Africa Games (Abuja, Nigeria)
- 2004 – Olympic Games (Athens, Greece)
- 2005 – Champions Challenge (Virginia Beach, United States)
- 2006 – World Cup (Madrid, Spain)
- 2007 – World Cup (Vienna, Austria)
References
[edit]- ↑ Pillay, Alicia (26 March 2025). "Coach Tsoanelo Pholo's People Passion Fuels her Journey as an International Leader in Women's Hockey". gsport4girls. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ↑ Etheridge, Mark (6 November 2017). "Premier Hockey League coaches do battle for players". TeamSA. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Tsoanelo Pholo at the International Hockey Federation
- Tsoanelo Pholo at the South African Hockey Association
- Tsoanelo Pholo at Olympics.com
- Tsoanelo Pholo at Olympedia
- Tsoanelo Pholo at InterSportStats
- Tsoanelo Pholo at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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