Selwyn Maister

New Zealand field hockey player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Selwyn Maister

Selwyn Gerald Maister QSM (born 24 May 1946) is a former New Zealand field hockey player, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

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Selwyn Maister
Maister in 2017
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Full nameSelwyn Gerald Maister
Born (1946-05-24) 24 May 1946 (age 78)
Christchurch, New Zealand
RelativeBarry Maister (brother)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Team competition
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Maister was awarded the Queen's Service Medal in the 2012 New Year Honours, for services to hockey.[1] Maister earned a DPhil in inorganic chemistry from Magdalen College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar, arriving in 1969.[2]

He is a brother of hockey player Barry Maister.

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