Kirsten Pearce (born 10 April 1991) is a New Zealand
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
player who has
represented her country.
Personal life
Pearce was born in
Wynberg, Cape Town
Wynberg () is a southern suburb of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape, South Africa. It is situated between Plumstead, Cape Town, Plumstead and Kenilworth, Cape Town, Kenilworth, and is a main transport hub for the Southern Suburbs, Cape Town, ...
,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
before moving to
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
. She grew up on Auckland's
North Shore in New Zealand, before shifting with her family to Australia at a young age. She has dual New Zealand and Australian citizenship.
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Playing career
Pearce was an Australian under-21 international before joining the New Zealand side in 2015.Final
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*Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
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and represented New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics
New Zealand competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-third appearance as an independent nation at the Summer Olympics, having made its debut at the 1920 Games and com ...
.
References
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New Zealand female field hockey players
Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand
1991 births
Living people
South African emigrants to New Zealand
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Field hockey players from Cape Town
21st-century New Zealand women
2023 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players
Female indoor hockey players