Mwai Kumwenda

Mwai Kumwenda
Mwai Kumwenda in front of a statue of Hastings Banda, the former Prime Minister and President of Malawi on 22 January 2010
Personal information
Full name Mwai Jasinta Kumwenda[1](Note 1)
Born (1989-09-27) 27 September 1989 (age 35)
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
Representing  Malawi
Fast5 World Series
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Melbourne Team

Mwai Kumwenda(Note 1) (born 27 September 1989) is a Malawi 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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  3. ^ "Mwai Kumwenda". vis.org.au. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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