Kayla Swarts
South Africa field hockey and rugby sevens player
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Kayla Swarts (born 24 May 2003)[2] is a South African field hockey and sevens player for the South African national team.
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| Born | 24 May 2003 Bloemfontein. South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
Field hockey
Under–21
Swarts made her debut for the 2023 Junior Africa Cup in Ismailia[3] and 2023 Hockey Junior World Cup in Santiago.[4]
National team
Swarts made her debut for the FIH Nations Cup in Valencia.[5][6]
In 2024 she will become an Olympian, representing South Africa at the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris.[7][8]
Rugby union
National sevens team
Between 2024, she represented the Springbok Women’s Sevens A team team in the Dubai 7s International tournaments.[9][10] The 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series represented the Springbok Women’s Sevens team.[11]
Personal life
She was living with her mother and father, Odessa Swarts (née Krause)[12] and Steven Swarts, in Bloemfontein.[13] Her brother, Wayde van Niekerk also is a South African track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres.[14][15][16][17] She is the cousin of South African World Cup-winning rugby union and rugby sevens player Cheslin Kolbe.[18]
She attended Eunice High School.[19]
