Cathia Uwamahoro (Gisozi, 5 August 1993) is a Rwandan cricketer who is well known for breaking a Guinness world record in 2017 for the longest cricket net session by a woman.[1][2][3][4][5]
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| Full name | Cathia Uwamahoro | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 May 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 9) | 26 January 2019 v Nigeria | ||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 26 April 2024 v Botswana | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 8 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Biography
editCathia Uwamahoro was a basketball player at her time at school, after her compatriot Eric Dusingizimana how she holds 51-hour longest batting record. She became the second Rwanda cricket player to set a world record in the net, She joined Rwanda women's cricket team in the ICC Africa
Early life and education
editCathia was born in Gisozi sector located in Gasabo district of Kigali city, Cathia is the only child from her parents, (father) Mr.Corneille Rudahinyuka who died in the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi and Mrs.Thacienne Umulisa who survived with her.
She attended her Primary level education at Gasave primary school in Gisozi sector[6] and Kivugiza Primary school in Nyamirambo sector.[7] Cathia went to ESA Gikondo for her Ordinary level Education (O'level ) and later joined IPR-Nyandungu where she pursued combination of computer science.[8] Uwamahoro enrolled at the University of Kigali for a Bachelor's degree of Information Technology.
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Career
editShe began her cricket journey in 2008 at the age of 15. After a few months, she was selected for the U19 National women cricket team for the ICC Africa Women's T-20 tournament that took place in Nairobi, Kenya.[9][10] In 2009, her performance in Kenya and continuous training helped her to get selected for the U19 national team that represented Rwanda in the ICC Africa U19 Women Championship that was held in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania in 2009.
References
edit- ^ "Rwanda Women's cricketer Cathia Uwamahoro sets world record for longest net session". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ "Meet Rwanda's Female Cricketer and Record Breaker Cathia Uwamahoro". KT PRESS. 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ "Cricketer Uwamahoro sets new world record". The New Times | Rwanda. 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ GE Africa, What does it take to break a world record? We find out (Jul 3, 2017). "What does it take to break a world record? We find out". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2020-10-02.
- ^ "Amplify Graduate Content Series: The Cricket World Record Holder From Rwanda". www.gereportsafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2021-11-18. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ "Gasave Primary School, Kigali Province, Rwanda". rw.geoview.info. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ "City schools get science kits". The New Times | Rwanda. 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ "Uwamahoro's journey to cricket stardom". The New Times | Rwanda. 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ ":: Cricket Kenya ::". cricketkenya.co.ke. Archived from the original on 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ "Cricket: Meet the faces behind Rwanda's flourishing women cricket". The New Times | Rwanda. 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2020-07-18.