Nomnikelo_Veto
Nomnikelo Veto
South African field hockey player
Nomnikelo Veto (born 3 January 1997)[1] is a field hockey player from South Africa. In 2020, she was an athlete at the Summer Olympics.[2][3]
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| Born |
(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27) Gqeberha, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | CUS Torino [it] (Italy) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018-2019 | University of the Witwatersrand | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022-present | CUS Torino [it] | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | South Africa U–21 | 5 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | South Africa | 18 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nomnikelo Veto was born in Gqeberha, and grew up in the neighbouring suburb of Walmer.[4][2]
International experience
In the summer of 2021, after the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Veto went to Italy to play for Cus Torino in Italian Serie A1. She scored the first goal of the season against Butterfly Rome. She scored five other goals in the first part of the season: 3 in Serie A1 and 2 in Coppa Italia.
Under–21
In 2016, Veto made her debut for the South Africa U–21 team at the Junior Africa Cup in Windhoek.[5]
National team
Veto made her senior international debut for South Africa in 2019, during a test series against Namibia in Randburg.[5] She followed this up with a series of appearances throughout the year, most notably at the FIH Series Finals in Valencia.[6]
Following her series of international appearances in 2019, Veto was named to the South Africa squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[7] She made her Olympic debut on 24 July 2021, in the Pool A match against Ireland.[8]
- "Team Details – South African". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- "VETO Nomnikelo". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- "ATHLETES – NOMNIKELO VETO". eurosport.com. EuroSport. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- "Hockey star Veto's journey from Walmer township to Tokyo Games". heraldlive.co.za. The Herald. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- "VETO Nomnikelo". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- "VETO Nomnikelo". fihseriesfinals.com. FIH Series Finals. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- "SA Hockey Squads Selected". sahockey.co.za. South African Hockey Association. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- "2020 Olympic Games (Women)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
