Clinton Panther (born 13 February 1991,
Port Elizabeth
Gqeberha (), formerly Port Elizabeth and colloquially often referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, S ...
) is a South African
field hockey
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player. At the
2012 Summer Olympics he competed with the
national team
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The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...
in the
men's tournament. He also represented South Africa at the
2014
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and
2018 Commonwealth Games
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.
Personal life
His brother,
Brandon
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Names and people
*Brandon (given name), a male given name
*Brandon (surname), a surname with several different origins
Places
Australia
*Brandon, a farm and 19th century homestead in Seaham, New South Wales
* Brandon, ...
, has also represented South Africa internationally in hockey.
He studied finance at the
University of Johannesburg
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and won Gauteng Sportsman of the Year in 2014.
He is Investment Specialist at
Coronation Fund Managers
Coronation Fund Managers is a South African third-party fund management company, headquartered in Cape Town. The company has locations in all South African major centers and offices in, Ireland, United Kingdom and in Namibia where it is repr ...
.
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic field hockey players of South Africa
South African male field hockey players
People from Port Elizabeth
Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa
University of Johannesburg alumni
2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
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