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List of New Zealand sportspeople

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The following is a list of New Zealand sportspeople.

Contents

Basketball

  • Steven Adams – basketball player
  • Pero Cameron – basketball player
  • Sean Marks – basketball player

    • Golf

  • Michael Campbell – golfer
  • Sir Bob Charles – champion golfer
  • Lydia Ko - champion golfer
  • Danny Lee - golfer
  • Steve Williams – caddy

    • Motorsports

  • Chris Amon – Formula One and sports car driver
  • Bruce Anstey - motorcycle road racer
  • Possum Bourne – rally driving
  • Barry Briggs - motorcycle speedway rider
  • Graeme Crosby - motorcycle road racer
  • Scott Dixon – four-time IndyCar champion
  • Denny Hulme – 1967 Formula One champion
  • Ivan Mauger – six-time motorcycle speedway world champion
  • Bruce McLaren – Formula One and CanAm driver
  • Scott McLaughlin - touring car driver
  • Stefan Merriman - enduro rider
  • Steve Millen – sports car and off-road truck driver
  • Burt Munro – motorcycle speedway and land speed record holder
  • Greg Murphy – touring car driver
  • Chris Pither – touring car driver
  • Aaron Slight - motorcycle road racer
  • Ben Townley - World Champion, Motocross
  • Shane Van Gisbergen - touring car driver

    • Netball

  • Katrina Grant
  • Irene Van Dyk (born in South Africa) - former captain
  • Casey Williams – current captain
  • Adine Wilson – former captain

    • Track and field

  • Valerie Adams – shotputter, four-time Olympic Champion
  • David Ambler – 100m, 200m sprints
  • Anne Audain – runner
  • Hamish Carter – triathlete
  • Rod Dixon – runner
  • Murray Halberg – runner
  • Jack Lovelock – runner
  • Arthur Lydiard – running coach
  • Lorraine Moller – runner, won Boston Marathon
  • Eliza McCartney - pole valuter, Olympic bronze medallist
  • Dick Quax – runner
  • Allison Roe – runner, won Boston and New York City Marathons 1981
  • Peter Snell – runner, three times Olympic Champion
  • John Walker – runner, Olympic champion
  • Nick Willis – runner, Commonwealth champion, Olympic silver medallist
  • John Young - ultra distance runner; first person to run from Wellington to Auckland 1962 and Bluff to Cape Reinga 1964; first person to run across the Nulabhour Plain in Australia 1968

    • Watersports

  • Jo Aleh – world champion and Olympic champion sailor
  • Sir Peter Blake – yachtsman
  • Trent Bray – world champion swimmer
  • Nathan Cohen - world champion and Olympic champion rower
  • Russell Coutts – yachtsman, Olympic Champion
  • Caroline Evers-Swindell - champion rower
  • Georgina Evers-Swindell - champion rower
  • Ian Ferguson – kayaker
  • Danyon Loader – double olympic champion swimmer
  • Jonathan Winter – world champion swimmer

    • Miscellaneous

  • Christine Jensen Burke – mountaineer
  • Helen Clarke - field hockey player
  • Dame Susan Devoy - squash player
  • Bob Fitzsimmons – world boxing heavyweight champion (born in UK, raised in NZ)
  • Tom Fyfe – mountaineer and mountain guide
  • Tony Garea – former WWWF/WWF professional wrestler
  • Sir Richard Hadlee – cricketer
  • Sir Edmund Hillary – mountaineer
  • Mark Hunt - mixed martial artist
  • Precious McKenzie – weightlifter (born in South Africa)
  • Mark Todd – equestrian
  • Sarah Ulmer – cyclist
  • John Walker – runner
  • Michael Walker – jockey
  • Sarah Walker – BMX rider
  • Tony Wilding – tennis player

    • References

    List of New Zealand sportspeople Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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