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Christine Prinsloo

1952 - Today

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Christine Seraphine "Chris" Prinsloo (born 3 May 1952 in Oldeani, Tanganyika) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Because of the boycott of the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the Women's Field Hockey Tournament: the hosting USSR team. A late request was sent to the government of the African nation, which quickly assembled a team less than a week before the competition started. To everyone's surprise they won, claiming Zimbabwe's only medal in the 1980 Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Christine Prinsloo is the 2,533rd most popular athlete (up from 3,528th in 2024), the 30th most popular biography from Tanzania (up from 34th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Tanzanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Christine Prinsloo ranks 2,528 out of 6,025. Before her are Pierre Quinon. After her are Kim Collins, Simon Fourcade, Judy Amoore, Jan Frodeno, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Seppo Räty, Gabriella Dorio, Ginka Zagorcheva, John Davis, Yordan Mitkov, and Catherine Ndereba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Christine Prinsloo ranks 701. Before her are Allan Wells, Zilya Valeeva, Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, Vladimir Khotinenko, Yuriy Kutsenko, and Michael Fallon. After her are Kunzang Choden, Jacqueline Barton, Kim Warwick, Riki Sorsa, Wim Meutstege, and Laurie Bird.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Christine Prinsloo ranks 30 out of 39. Before her are Edward Lowassa (1953), Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944), Filbert Bayi (1953), Elizabeth Mrema (1957), Ali Mohamed Shein (1948), and Vicky Ntetema (1959). After her are Anna Tibaijuka (1950), Suleiman Nyambui (1953), Mbwana Samatta (1992), Rachel Luttrell (1971), Alan Johnston (1962), and Hasheem Thabeet (1987).

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Among ATHLETES In Tanzania

Among athletes born in Tanzania, Christine Prinsloo ranks 2. Before her are Filbert Bayi (1953). After her are Suleiman Nyambui (1953), Luke Adams (1976), Alphonce Simbu (1992), Gabriel Geay (1996), Gergely Salim (null), and Jack Cleary (null).

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