Charity Mucucuti
Charity Mucucuti (born 9 November 1983) is a Zimbabwean women's basketball and rugby union player from Goromonzi, Zimbabwe.[1] she has played for both the Zimbabwe women's national basketball team and the Zimbabwe women's national rugby union team.
Basketball
[edit]Mucucuti started playing basketball for the Cameo basketball team, which won forty regional and national championships.[2] She made her international debut for Zimbabwe in the qualifying round of the 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.[1] She also participated in the Basketball at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Women's tournament.[3] She continued to represent Zimbabwe internationally until 2015 where she started playing rugby union.[4] In 2017, she returned to basketball to play for Zimbabwe in the AfroBasket Women 2017 qualification tournament.[4]
Rugby union
[edit]After moving on from basketball, Mucucuti started to play rugby union. She eventually became captain of the Zimbabwe women's national rugby sevens team.[5] She started playing as a winger but later moved to prop due to losing pace.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Charity Mucucuti's profile - 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women". FIBA. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- ^ a b Zimpapers Digital (2017-10-29). "A captain on a mission". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- ^ "All-Africa Games Team Announced". All Africa. Retrieved 2017-11-04. (subscription required)
- ^ a b "Women's rugby star retraces basketball roots". The Standard. 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- ^ Chirumanzu, Grace (2016-09-19). "Women's Rugby on the Rise". Her Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2017-11-04.