Sigrid Burger also simply known as Sigi Burger (born 23 February 1996) is a South African netball player who plays in the positions of goal shooter. UK She was also part of the South African squad which finished at fourth position at the

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Career

Sigrid made her international debut for South Africa against

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at the 2016 Wales- South Africa test series. She also played for the South African university netball team at the 2016 World University Netball Championships where South Africa eventually went onto become the champions. She also represented South Africa at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, her maiden Commonwealth Games appearance and was part of the South African squad which finished at fifth position in the Netball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, netball tournament. She was signed up by

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club in 2018 and played for the club at the

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. She also received NWU Sportswoman of the Year 2018 for her performances at both domestic and international level. She was not initially included in the South African squad for the 2019 Netball World Cup. But she was later added to the squad as an injury replacement to Ine-Mari Venter during the back end of the tournament. She was also a key member of the South African squad which won the

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which was held in

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. She switched to play for

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club for the upcoming

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after featuring for the Surrey Storm club nearly for two years in the Netball Superleague.

References

1996 births Living people South African netball players Netball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Netball Superleague players People from Somerset West Surrey Storm players London Pulse players South African expatriate netball people in England Sportspeople from the Western Cape {{SouthAfrica-netball-bio-stub