Adelaide Thandeke Muskwe (born 21 August 1998) is a Zimbabwean netball player who represents

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internationally and plays in the positions of goal defense and wing defense.

Life

Muske and her twin brother

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were born in 1998 at

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, Zimbabwe. They moved to the United Kingdom when they were three. Her talents led to her attending

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near Loughborough where she trained with the elite netball team

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and trained also at UK national camps. Adelaide is a Nottingham Trent University graduate in Sports Science and she has signed for the

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netball team in 2019 who are based in Worcester. She was a member of the Zimbabwean squad which finished at eighth position during the

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, which was historically Zimbabwe's first ever appearance at a

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tournament.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muskwe, Adelaide 1998 births Living people Zimbabwean netball players Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in England 2019 Netball World Cup players Loughborough Lightning netball players Severn Stars players Netball Superleague players