Marizen Marais (born 17 May 1996)[1] is a field hockey player from South Africa. In 2020, she was an athlete at the Summer Olympics.[2]

Marizen Marais
Personal information
Born (1996-05-17) 17 May 1996 (age 30)
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionMidfield
ClubCrusaders
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
2017-2018 Northern Blues 10 -
2017-2019 Blyde River Bunters 17 -
2017-2021 University of Pretoria 27 -
2022-present Crusaders - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2016 South Africa U–21 10 (6)
2016-present South Africa 27 (2)
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Women's field hockey
Africa Cup of Nations
Gold medal – first place2022 Accra
Junior Africa Cup
Gold medal – first place2016 Windhoek
Updated on 24 January 2022

Personal life

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Marizen Marais is graduated from the University of Pretoria.[3][4][5]

Career

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Under–21

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Marais made her debut for the South Africa U–21 team in 2016, at the Junior Africa Cup in Windhoek. After gaining qualification to the FIH Junior World Cup, she went on to represent the team at the tournament in Santiago.[6]

National team

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Marais made her senior international debut for South Africa in 2016, during the first edition of the Cape Town Summer Series.[6]

In 2019, Marais was a member of the team at the FIH Series Finals in Valencia.[7]

Following a string of good performances, Marais was named to the South Africa team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[8][9] She will make her Olympic debut on 24 July 2021, in the Pool A match against Ireland.[10]

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