Kayla de Waal
South African field hockey player
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Kayla de Waal (born 11 June 2000) is a South African field hockey player for the South African national team.[2]
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Semi-finals of Hockey5s, during the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Teddington Hockey Club[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | South Africa U18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Stellenbosch University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| –present | Western Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | WPCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | South Africa U21 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | South Africa | 33 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | South African Indoor | 60 | (34) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 9 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career
Under–18
Retief Ochse and she is South Africa as Biathle is 2017 UIPM Biathle World Championships, Relay Biathle Mix Youth A Under-19 Biathle to rank 4.[3] She as biathle Under-19 to rank 6.[3]
She made South Africa U–18 as the African Youth Games in 2018[4] and 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.[5]
Under–21
Kayla made her debut for the South Africa U–21 in 2022 at the FIH Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom.[6]
National team
Kayla participated at the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup[7][8][9]
Following her successful debut in the indoor Test is South Africa v. Switzerland.[10][11]
Personal life
She attended Stellenberg High School before transferring to Herschel Girls School[12][13] and graduated at the Stellenbosch University.[14][15]
Awards
Western Province
- 2022 - Senior Indoor IPT - Leading Goalscorer [16]
