Hacjivah Dayimani
| Full name | Hacjivah Graham Dayimani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 23 September 1997 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (234 lb; 16 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Jeppe High School for Boys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Hacjivah Graham Dayimani (born 23 September 1997) is a South African rugby union player for the DHL Stormers in the URC..[1] His regular position is number eight or flanker.
Personal life
Dayimani is Jewish. He is the son of an Igbo Jewish Nigerian father and a Xhosa South African mother. His late father was a devout Jew who observed Shabbat, while his mother is a Sangoma (a traditional African healer). His surname means "diamond" in Xhosa while his first name was chosen because it is a combination of the Hebrew name "Akiva" and the Xhosa "Mpumelelo" which means 'achiever'.[2][3]
Career
After several seasons with the Lions and the Stormers, in 2024 he signs in France for 2 seasons with the french club Racing 92.[4]
References
- ↑ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Hacjivah Dayimani". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ↑ "Hacjivah more than a raw diamond". The JC. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ "Dayimani is his own man". SA Rugby Mag. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ↑ L'Équipe, Hacjivah Dayimani en approche au Racing 92
External links
- Hacjivah Dayimani at European Professional Club Rugby
- Hacjivah Dayimani at ItsRugby.fr (in French)
- Hacjivah Dayimani at All.Rugby
- Hacjivah Dayimani at RugbyDatabase.co.nz
Categories:
- Living people
- 1997 births
- South African Jews
- Rugby union players from Cape Town
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- Jewish South African sportspeople
- South African people of Nigerian descent
- South African rugby union players
- Xhosa people
- Lions (United Rugby Championship) players
- Stormers players
- Alumni of Jeppe High School for Boys
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- Racing 92 players
- South African rugby union biography, 1990s birth stubs