Kayla Whitelock
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Born | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
30 October 1985 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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?–present | Central Mysticks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2003–present | New Zealand | 213 | (52) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Infobox last updated on: 24 April 2014 (national)[2][3] |
Kayla Marie Whitelock (née Sharland, born 30 October 1985) is a New Zealand field hockey player, and former captain of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the Black Sticks Women).[4] She has competed in three Olympic Games (2004, 2008 and 2012), three Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010 and 2014) and two Hockey World Cups (2010 and 2014). She was named on the FIH's All-Star Team in 2010 and was Hockey New Zealand's player of the year in 2012.[5]
Whitelock was born in Palmerston North, and is of Rangitāne descent.[6] She married Crusaders rugby player George Whitelock in December 2013.[7]
Early Life
Whitelock took up hockey at the age of seven, as her school only played hockey, not her preferred sport, netball.[5]
International senior competitions
- 2003 – Champions Challenge, Catania
- 2004 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Auckland
- 2004 – Olympic Games, Athens
- 2004 – Champions Trophy, Rosario
- 2005 – Champions Challenge, Virginia Beach
- 2006 – Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
- 2006 – World Cup Qualifier, Rome
- 2008 – Olympic Games, Beijing
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- Use dmy dates from December 2011
- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Palmerston North
- New Zealand field hockey players
- New Zealand Māori sportspeople
- Olympic field hockey players of New Zealand
- Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- New Zealand field hockey biography stubs