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New Zealand field hockey player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kayla Marie Whitelock MNZM (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]
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Birth name | Kayla Marie Sharland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Palmerston North, New Zealand | 30 October 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[5]
In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, Whitelock was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to hockey.[8]
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