Emily Gaddum
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| Birth name | Emily Sarah Naylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 December 1985 Palmerston North, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emily Sarah Gaddum MNZM (née Naylor; born 23 December 1985) is a former New Zealand field hockey player. One of the country's most experienced players, she was due to finish her career after her fourth Olympic appearance at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but her retirement due to pregnancy was announced when the 2016 Olympic squad was named.
Early life and family
[edit]Gaddum was born in 1985 in Palmerston North, New Zealand and attended Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School, and then Palmerston North Girls' High School. She married Harry Gaddum in February 2016.[4]
Hockey career
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In 2007, after an outstanding Champions Challenge performance, she was voted Oceania Player of the Century by The ABCD Hockey Magazine.[5] Naylor 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, Naylor became the most-capped New Zealand women's hockey player, surpassing the record of Susie Muirhead.[5] She withdrew from the national team in 2015.[7]
Gaddum returned for the tour of Argentina in February and March 2016. She was named in the New Zealand 2016 squad that prepared for the Rio Olympics.[8][9] For the first time as Emily Gaddum—following her marriage—she was included in the squads for test matches against Canada and against multiple international sides in March and April 2016.[10][11] Gadddum's retirement was announced with the naming of the final team for the Rio Olympics due to becoming pregnant with her first child.[8][12] She played a total of 274 for the national team during her career.[13]
International senior competitions
[edit]- 2004 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Auckland
- 2004 – Olympic Games, Athens
- 2004 – Champions Trophy, Rosario
- 2005 – Champions Challenge, Virginia Beach
- 2006 – Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
- 2006 – World Cup Qualifier, Rome
- 2006 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen
- 2008 – Olympic Games, Beijing
- 2012 – Olympic Games, London
Honours and awards
[edit]In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, Gaddum was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to hockey.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Emily Naylor Profile". G2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Black Sticks Women's Caps" (PDF). Hockey New Zealand. 10 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Black Sticks Women's Goal Scorers" (PDF). Hockey New Zealand. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Hockey: Reciprocity prevails on Naylor's wedding day - Sport - Hawke's Bay Today News". The New Zealand Herald. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Glasgow 2014 - Emily Naylor Biography". g2014results.thecgf.com/. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "hockey women results - Hockey - London 2012 Olympics". Olympic.org. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Kayla Whitelock and Emily Naylor return for the Black Sticks against Argentina". Stuff.co.nz. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Hockey: Black Sticks name squad for Rio - Sport - NZ Herald News". The New Zealand Herald. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Black Sticks Women". Hockeynz.co.nz. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Black Sticks eye Rio with Hawke's Bay team". Hockeynz.co.nz. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Black Sticks women get injection of experience for Hawke's Bay Cup". Stuff.co.nz. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Motherhood ends Emily Gaddum's Black Sticks career but experienced team named for Rio". Stuff.co.nz. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Black Sticks Women". Blacksticks.co.nz. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2020". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
External links
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Palmerston North
- New Zealand female field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand
- Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- People educated at Palmerston North Girls' High School
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen