Mary Frances Clinton, born 8 May 1960 in

Darfield, New Zealand Darfield is a town in the Selwyn District of the South Island of New Zealand. It is 35 kilometres west of the outskirts of Christchurch. Its population is as of . Darfield is the main town between Christchurch and the West Coast region. It ...

) is a former female

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player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the

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, California. Eight years later she competed with at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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, where the team ended up in eight position. She was the first female woman to play more than 100 matches for the national team.

References

New Zealand Olympic Committee

External links

* New Zealand female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of New Zealand Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1960 births Living people People from Darfield, New Zealand Sportspeople from Canterbury, New Zealand {{NewZealand-fieldhockey-bio-stub