Piki Hamahona
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| Full name | Piki Te Ora Hamahona | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
29 May 1982 Whanganui, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Tassie Van Demons | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | NSW Arrows | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Southern Suns | |||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | New Zealand U–21 | 11 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2010 | New Zealand | 45 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Piki Te Ora Hamahona (born 29 May 1982)[1] is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who played as a forward.[2]
Personal life
[edit]While being born and raised in Whanganui, Hamahona resides in Wollongong, on the East Coast of Australia.[1][3]
Piki Hamahona is the younger sister of former New Zealand international, Marama Hamahona.[4]
Career
[edit]Domestic hockey
[edit]Hamahona has appeared in both Australia and New Zealand's national hockey leagues, the AHL and Ford NHL.[5][6]
International hockey
[edit]Under–21
[edit]In 2000, Hamahona was a member of the New Zealand U–21 at the Junior Oceania Cup in Canberra. At the tournament, Hamahona won a silver medal.[7]
The following year Hamahona represented the team again, at the 2001 FIH Junior World Cup in Buenos Aires, where the team finished 5th.[8]
Black Sticks
[edit]Hamahona made her debut for the Black Sticks in 2001.[1]
Her first major tournament with the national team was in 2002, at the FIH Champions Trophy in Macau. She represented the team later that year at the FIH World Cup in Perth.[2]
Following a six-year hiatus from the national squad, Hamahona was recalled to the squad in 2009.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Piki Te Ora Hamahona". hockeynz.co.nz. New Zealand Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ a b "HAMAHONA Piki". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Hot contest as women's ladder leaders shape up". illawarramercury.com.au. Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Manawatu sports teams excel despite being low in the population rankings". stuff.co.nz. stuff. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Three Canterbury Players Named For Black Sticks Women's Trials". websites.sportstg.com. Canterbury Hockey. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Hockey". clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Women's Hockey Australia Annual Report 2000" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Women's Junior 2001". todor66.com. Todor66. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Hockey: Douglas, Hamahona get recalls". The New Zealand Herald. New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 13 May 2020.