Kayla Swarts

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

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.

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.