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 and the Zimbabwe women's national rugby union team.
Basketball[]
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[]
After moving on from basketball, Mucucuti started to play rugby union. She eventually became captain of the .[5] She started playing as a winger but later moved to prop due to losing pace.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Charity Mucucuti's profile - 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women". FIBA. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- ^ Jump up to: 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)
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- Living people
- 1983 births
- Zimbabwean women's basketball players
- Zimbabwean rugby union players
- Women of African descent
- People from Goromonzi District
- Sportspeople from Mashonaland East Province
- Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games
- African Games competitors for Zimbabwe