Emily Gaddum

Emily Gaddum

Emily Gaddum (née Naylor), July 2009
Personal information
Born (1985-12-23) 23 December 1985
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position Defence / Midfield
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–present Central
National team
2004–present New Zealand 240 (2)

Emily Gaddum[2][3] (née Naylor; born 23 December 1985) is a New Zealand field hockey player.[4] In 2007, after an outstanding Champions Challenge performance, she was voted Oceania Player of the Century by The ABCD Hockey Magazine.[5] Emily was also named New Zealand Hockey's Woman Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010.[5]

She was part of the New Zealand team that lost to Great Britain in the bronze medal match at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6] In April 2014, with 239 international caps, Emily became the most-capped New Zealand women's hockey player, surpasing the record of Susie Muirhead.[5] She withdrew from the National team in 2015[7]

Emily returned for the tour of Argentina in February and March 2016. She was named in the New Zealand 2016 Squad leading up to the Rio Olympics.[2][8] For the first time as Emily Gaddum (following her marriage to Harry Gaddum in February 2016[9]) she has been named in the squads for test matches against Canada and against multiple international sides in March and April 2016.[10][11]

Early life

Gaddum was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand and attended Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School, and then Palmerston North Girls' High School.

International senior competitions

References

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