Sigrid Burger Explained

Sigrid Burger
Birth Date:1996 2, df=y
Birth Place:Somerset West, South Africa
Height:1.9m
Positions:goal shooter, goal attack
Occupation:netball player
Nationalteam1: South Africa
Nationalyears1:2016-present
Nationalcaps1:29

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 url=https://fightforthefatherless.org/sigi-burger|title=Sigi Burger – Fight for the fatherless|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-25}} She also represented South Africa at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, her maiden Commonwealth Games appearance and was part of the South African squad which finished at fifth position in the netball tournament.[5]

She was signed up by Surrey Storm club in 2018 and played for the club at the 2018 Netball Superleague season.[6] [7] She also received NWU Sportswoman of the Year 2018 for her performances at both domestic and international level.[8]

She was not initially included in the South African squad for the 2019 Netball World Cup.[9] But she was later added to the squad as an injury replacement to Ine-Mari Venter during the back end of the tournament.[10]

She was also a key member of the South African squad which won the 2019 African Netball Championships which was held in Cape Town.[11] [12]

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.[13]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player Profile Sigrid (Sigi) Burger •. VarsitySportsSA. 2014-09-30. varsitysportssa.com. en-US. 2019-10-25.
  2. Web site: Sigrid Burger. Netball World Cup. en-US. 2019-10-25.
  3. Web site: Sigrid Burger. Netball Draft Central. en-US. 2019-10-25.
  4. Web site: South Africa. Netball Draft Central. en-US. 2019-10-25.
  5. Web site: Netball Athlete Profile: Sigrid BURGER - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. results.gc2018.com. 2019-10-25.
  6. Web site: Sigrid Burger. jtulloch. Vitality Netball Superleague. 15 April 2019. en-US. 2019-10-25.
  7. Web site: Sigi Burger. Surrey Storm. en-US. 2019-10-25.
  8. Web site: Sigi Burger aims for the stars after a successful 2018. 2018-11-30. Potchefstroom Herald. 2019-10-25.
  9. Web site: Sigi Burger and Shadine Van der Merwe out to return to winning ways. Sky Sports. en. 2019-10-25.
  10. Web site: Sigi Burger to replace injured Ine-Mari Venter for South Africa at Netball World Cup. Sky Sports. en. 2019-10-25.
  11. Web site: Proteas crowned African Netball Champs. ewn. 2019-10-25.
  12. Web site: Proteas crowned 2019 Africa Netball Cup winners. 2019-10-23. Sport. 2019-10-25.
  13. Web site: Sigi Burger moves to London Pulse for 2020 Superleague season. Sky Sports. en. 2019-10-25.