Kayla Whitelock Explained

Kayla Whitelock
Birth Name:Kayla Marie Sharland
Birth Date:30 October 1986
Birth Place:Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Height:1.74 m[1]
Weight:72 kg
Position:Midfield
Clubs1:Central Mysticks
Nationalteam1:New Zealand
Nationalyears1:2003–
Nationalcaps(Goals)1:213
Nationalgoals1:52
Updated: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 four Olympic Games (2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016), 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]

Biography

Whitelock was born in Palmerston North, and is of Rangitāne descent.[6] She married Crusaders rugby player George Whitelock in December 2013.[7]

Whitelock took up hockey at the age of seven, as her school only played hockey, not her preferred sport, netball.

In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, Whitelock was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to hockey.[8]

International senior competitions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kayla Sharland - London 2012 Olympics . 10 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120801080405/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/sharland-kayla-1124938/ . 1 August 2012 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: New Zealand Hockey Representatives - Women . https://web.archive.org/web/20140626051330/http://hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/240414%20BSW%20Caps.pdf . dead . 26 June 2014 . Hockey New Zealand . 24 April 2014 . 14 June 2014 .
  3. Web site: New Zealand Goal Scorers - Women . https://web.archive.org/web/20140626015254/http://hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/240414%20BSW%20Goal%20Scorers.pdf . dead . 26 June 2014 . Hockey New Zealand . 24 April 2014 . 14 June 2014 .
  4. Web site: Kayla Sharland - Profile . https://archive.today/20130223014511/http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/kaylasharland/ . dead . 23 February 2013 . Hockey New Zealand . 10 August 2012 .
  5. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Kayla Whitelock Profile. g2014results.thecgf.com. 6 January 2016.
  6. News: Tipene-Leach . Oriini . 31 July 2014 . Day 7: Update on our Māori athletes in Glasgow . Television New Zealand . 3 August 2014.
  7. News: Lampp . Peter . 17 December 2013 . Sharland warns of attrition . Manawatu Standard . 14 June 2014.
  8. Web site: 1 June 2020 . Queen's Birthday honours list 2020 . 1 June 2020 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

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