Kayla Swarts

Kayla Swarts (born 24 May 2003) is a South African field hockey and sevens player for the South African national team.

Career Field hockey Under–21 Swarts made her debut for the 2023 Junior Africa Cup in Ismailia and 2023 Hockey Junior World Cup in Santiago.

National team Swarts made her debut for the FIH Nations Cup in Valencia.

In 2024 she will become an Olympian, representing South Africa at the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris.

Rugby union National sevens team Between 2024, she represented the Springbok Women’s Sevens A team team in the Dubai 7s International tournaments. The 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series represented the Springbok Women’s Sevens team.

Personal life She was living with her mother and father, Odessa Swarts (née Krause) and Steven Swarts, in Bloemfontein. Her brother, Wayde van Niekerk also is a South African track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. She is the cousin of South African World Cup-winning rugby union and rugby sevens player Cheslin Kolbe.

She attended Eunice High School.