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 Mwai Kumwenda in front of a statue of Hastings Banda, the former Prime Minister and President of Malawi on 22 January 2010 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mwai Jasinta Kumwenda[1](Note 1) | |||||||||||||
| Born |
27 September 1989 Mzimba, Malawi | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2][3] | |||||||||||||
| Relatives | (Note 2) | |||||||||||||
| Netball career | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position(s): GS, GA | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | ||||||||||||
| 200x–2011 | Escom Sisters | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Peninsula Waves | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | Victorian Fury | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Mainland Tactix | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Kukoma Diamonds | |||||||||||||
| 2016– | Melbourne Vixens | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Peninsula Waves | |||||||||||||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | ||||||||||||
| 2008– | Malawi | 71[4] | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mwai Kumwenda(Note 1) (born 27 September 1989) is a Malawian netball international player. She represented Malawi at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011 and 2015 Netball World Cups. Kumwenda was the top goal scorer at three successive major tournaments – the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the 2015 Netball World Cup and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. At the 2015 Netball World Cup she was also named player of the tournament. Kumwenda captained Malawi and was again tournament top scorer when they finished third at the 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series. At club level Kumwenda has played for Peninsula Waves in the Victorian Netball League, Victorian Fury in the Australian Netball League, Mainland Tactix in the ANZ Championship and for Melbourne Vixens in Suncorp Super Netball.
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- ^ "Mwai Kumwenda". melbournevixens.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.