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Caryn Erena Paewai (born 27 August 1975) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in sixth position with the Women's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Two years later she was a member of the side that finished fourth at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. She was born in Dannevirke.
Paewai earned a Graduate Diploma of Business Studies at Massey University. In 2002, she was named Māori Sportsperson of the Year at University Sport New Zealand's annual blues dinner.[1]
References
- ^ "Sports people with the blues". Massey News. 11 August 2002. p. 8. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
External links
- Caryn Paewai at Olympedia
- Caryn Paewai at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Caryn Paewai at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Caryn Paewai". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- New Zealand female field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Dannevirke
- Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
- 21st-century New Zealand women
- Massey University alumni
- New Zealand field hockey biography stubs