Megan Helen Compain (born 18 September 1975) is a New Zealand former

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player who competed in the

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and in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

Biography

She was born 18 September 1975 in

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, New Zealand. As an exchange student she attended

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in New Jersey.Staff
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'', 28 August 2009. Accessed 22 September 2011. "Megan Compain. Sport: Basketball (New Zealand) – New Jersey Ties: Compain attended Middle Township High School as an exchange student through 1993 and played for the girls' basketball team during her junior and senior years." She competed in the

and in the

References

1975 births Living people New Zealand women's basketball players Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics New Zealand expatriate basketball people in the United States Olympic basketball players for New Zealand Saint Joseph's Hawks women's basketball players Middle Township High School alumni {{NewZealand-basketball-bio-stub