Jared Kiran Panchia (born 18 October 1993) is a New Zealand

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player who plays as a forward or midfielder for the

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Life and career

Panchia was born on 18 October 1993 in

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to Peter Panchia and Ramila. Both his parents played field hockey at local level. Panchia's siblings are also field hockey players; his elder brother

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has captained the national side, while younger brother

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has represented the national junior team. He has a younger sister, Anjali, who has also taken up the sport. The Panchia family have

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ancestry, with Panchia's great-grandfather emigrating from India to New Zealand in the 1920s. Panchia was part of the New Zealand U21 squad that took part in the

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. He made his senior team debut the same year and was the youngest member of the national squad at the

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. Panchia was part of two

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silver medal-winning teams:

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in Stratford and

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References

External links

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Player profile at hockeynz.co.nz
1993 births Living people New Zealand male field hockey players Field hockey players from Auckland New Zealand sportspeople of Indian descent Male field hockey midfielders Male field hockey forwards 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of New Zealand Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-fieldhockey-bio-stub