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Sigrid Burger also simply known as Sigi Burger (born 23 February 1996) is a South African netball player who plays in the positions of goal shooter. UK[1][2][3] She was also part of the South African squad which finished at fourth position at the 2019 Netball World Cup.[4]

Career

Sigrid made her international debut for South Africa against Wales at the 2016 Wales- South Africa test series. She also played for the South African university netball team at the 2016 World University Netball Championship where South Africa eventually went onto become the champions.[5] She also represented South Africa at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[6]

She was signed up by Surrey Storm club in 2018 and played for the club at the 2018 Netball Superleague season.[7][8] She also received NWU Sportswoman of the Year 2018 for her performances at both domestic and international level.[9]

She was not initially included in the South African squad for the 2019 Netball World Cup.[10] But she was later added to the squad as an injury replacement to Ine-Mari Venter during the back end of the tournament.[11]

She was also a key member of the South African squad which won the 2019 African Netball Championships which was held in Cape Town.[12][13]

She switched to play for London Pulse club for the upcoming 2020 Netball Superleague season after featuring for the Surrey Storm club nearly for two years in the Netball Superleague.[14]

References

  1. ^ VarsitySportsSA (30 September 2014). “Player Profile Sigrid (Sigi) Burger •”. varsitysportssa.com. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. ^ “Sigrid Burger”. Netball World Cup. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. ^ “Sigrid Burger”. Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  4. ^ “South Africa”. Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  5. ^ “Sigi Burger – Fight for the fatherless”. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  6. ^ “Netball | Athlete Profile: Sigrid BURGER – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games”. results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  7. ^ jtulloch (15 April 2019). “Sigrid Burger”. Vitality Netball Superleague. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  8. ^ “Sigi Burger”. Surrey Storm. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  9. ^ “Sigi Burger aims for the stars after a successful 2018”. Potchefstroom Herald. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  10. ^ “Sigi Burger and Shadine Van der Merwe out to return to winning ways”. Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  11. ^ “Sigi Burger to replace injured Ine-Mari Venter for South Africa at Netball World Cup”. Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  12. ^ “Proteas crowned African Netball Champs”. ewn. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  13. ^ “Proteas crowned 2019 Africa Netball Cup winners”. Sport. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  14. ^ “Sigi Burger moves to London Pulse for 2020 Superleague season”. Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 October 2019.