Bridget Kumwenda

Bridget Kumwenda

Personal information
Full name	Bridget Chalera [1] (née Kumwenda)
Born	(1991-09-08) 8 September 1991 (age 33) Mzimba, Malawi
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) [2]
Relatives	(Note 1)
Netball career
Playing position(s): WA, C
Years	Club team(s)	Apps
200x–2012	Escom Sisters
2012–	→ Kukoma Diamonds
Years	National team(s)	Caps
201x–	Malawi
Medal record Representing  Malawi Fast5 World Series 2016 Melbourne Team

Bridget Kumwenda (born 8 September 1991), also referred to as Bridget Chalera or Bridget Kumwenda Chalera, is a Malawi netball international player. She represented Malawi at the 2011, 2015 and 2019 Netball World Cups and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Kumwenda was also a member of the Malawi team that finished third at the 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series.

Kumwenda was born in Mzimba district, Malawi. She is a Tumbuka by tribe.

At club level Kumwenda played for Escom Sisters.^[3] She continued to play for the team when they were renamed Kukoma Diamonds.^[1][4][5]

Kumwenda represented Malawi at the 2011, 2015 and 2019 Netball World Cups ^[6][7][8] and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[1][9] Kumwenda was also a member of the Malawi team that finished third at the 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series.^[10]

Tournaments	Place
2011 World Netball Championships[6]	6th
2012 Diamond Challenge[11][12][13]	2nd
2012 Fast5 Netball World Series[14]	5th
2013 African Netball Championship[15]	2nd
2013 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[16][17]	2nd
2013 Fast5 Netball World Series[18]	5th
2015 Netball World Cup[7][19]	6th
2016 Fast5 Netball World Series[10]
2018 Taini Jamison Trophy Series[20]	3rd
2018 Commonwealth Games[1][2][9][21]	7th
2019 Netball World Cup[8][22][23][24]	6th
2019 Africa Netball Cup[25][26]

• ^1 Some sources suggest that Mwai Kumwenda (b. 1989) and Bridget (b. 1991) are sisters.^[2][7] However, in interviews Mwai Kumwenda has stated she is the youngest sibling in her family. None of the interviews mention Bridget being a sister.^[27][28]