# Samkelo Mvimbi

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{{Short description|South African field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name           = Samkelo Mvimbi
| image          = 
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1999|1|23|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [Plettenberg Bay](/source/Plettenberg_Bay), South Africa<ref name="Bitou">{{Cite web |date=2021-06-04 |title=Samkelo "Sam" Mvimbi off to the Tokyo Olympic Games 2021 |url=https://www.bitou.gov.za/samkelo-%E2%80%9Csam%E2%80%9D-mvimbi-tokyo-olympic-games-2021 |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Bitou Municipality |language=en}}</ref>
| height         = 
| weight         = 
| position       = Midfielder
| currentclub    = [WPCC](/source/Western_Province_Cricket_Club)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Western Province Hockey Union - WP Team Announcement 2022 |url=https://www.wphockey.org.za/121-news/305-wp-team-announcement-2023 |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.wphockey.org.za}}</ref>
| years1         = ?-2021
| clubs1         = [University of Pretoria](/source/University_of_Pretoria)
| caps1          = 19
| goals1         = 
| years2         = 2017-2019
| clubs2         = Golden Gate Gladiators
| caps2          = 13
| nationalyears1 = 2019-
| nationalteam1  = [South Africa](/source/South_Africa_men's_national_field_hockey_team)
| nationalcaps1  = 50
| nationalgoals1 = 7
| updated        = 6 November 2023
| medaltemplates      = 
{{MedalCountry|{{RSA}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [field hockey](/source/field_hockey)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Africa Cup of Nations](/source/Men's_Hockey_Africa_Cup_of_Nations)}}
{{MedalGold|[2025 Ismailia](/source/2025_Men's_Hockey_Africa_Cup_of_Nations)|}}
}}
'''Samkelo 'Sam' Mvimbi''' (born 23 January 1999) is a South African [field hockey](/source/field_hockey) midfielder. He competed in the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/hockey/athlete-profile-n1345580-mvimbi-samkelo.htm|title=Hockey MVIMBI Samkelo|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games](/source/Tokyo_Organising_Committee_of_the_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games)|access-date=25 July 2021|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725224800/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/hockey/athlete-profile-n1345580-mvimbi-samkelo.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympics, here I come! |url=https://www.knysnaplettherald.com/News/Article/General/www.knysnaplettherald.com/News/Article/General/olympics-here-i-come-202106020623 |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Knysna-Plett Herald }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mvimbi attended [Oakhill High School](/source/Oakhill_High_School),<ref name="Bitou"/> and graduated from [University of Pretoria](/source/University_of_Pretoria) in International Relations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Mvimbi, Knysna hockey star, makes us proud as he is selected for the South African Men's Hockey Team |url=https://www.georgeherald.com/CommunityAcclamations/Sam-Mvimbi-Knysna-hockey-star-makes-us-proud-as-he-is-selected-for-the-South-African-Men-s-Hockey-Team |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=George Herald}}</ref>

==Honours==
===Club===
====Western Province Hockey====
*2022 Senior IPT Men - A Section - Player of the Tournament<ref>{{Cite web |title=IPT 2022 {{!}} And the champions are… |url=https://www.sahockey.co.za/tournaments/ipt-men/889-ipt-2022-and-the-champions-are |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903192444/https://www.sahockey.co.za/tournaments/ipt-men/889-ipt-2022-and-the-champions-are |archive-date=2022-09-03 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=South African Hockey Association}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Sports links}}
*{{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|id=56241}}

{{South Africa FH Squad 2020 Summer Olympics}}
{{South Africa FH Squad 2022 Commonwealth Games}}
{{South Africa FH Squad 2023 World Cup}}
{{South Africa FH Squad 2024 Summer Olympics}}
{{South Africa FH Squad 2025 Africa Cup}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mvimbi, Samkelo}}
Category:1999 births
Category:Living people
Category:Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic field hockey players for South Africa
Category:South African men's field hockey players
Category:People from Plettenberg Bay
Category:Men's field hockey midfielders
Category:TuksHockey Club players
Category:Western Province Cricket Club players (field hockey)
Category:Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:University of Pretoria alumni
Category:2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
Category:21st-century South African sportsmen

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