Emily Naylor
Encyclopedia
Emily Naylor is a field hockey
midfielder from New Zealand
, who was selected to attend an Olympic Qualifying training camp in late 2003 after performing well for the New Zealand Under 18 Team. Not only did she make the squad for the Olympic Hockey Qualifier, but was subsequently picked for the 2004 Summer Olympics
team at the age of eighteen.
Her performances in Athens, Greece led to her nomination for the 2004 WorldHockey Junior Women’s Player of the Year. In 2007, After an outstanding Champions Challenge performance, Emily was voted Oceania Player of the Century by The ABCD Hockey Magazine.
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
midfielder from New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, who was selected to attend an Olympic Qualifying training camp in late 2003 after performing well for the New Zealand Under 18 Team. Not only did she make the squad for the Olympic Hockey Qualifier, but was subsequently picked for the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
team at the age of eighteen.
Her performances in Athens, Greece led to her nomination for the 2004 WorldHockey Junior Women’s Player of the Year. In 2007, After an outstanding Champions Challenge performance, Emily was voted Oceania Player of the Century by The ABCD Hockey Magazine.
International senior competitions
- 2004 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Auckland
- 2004 – Olympic Games2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
, Athens - 2004 – Champions Trophy2004 Women's Hockey Champions TrophyThe 12th edition of the annual Women's Champions Trophy took place from Saturday November 6 until Sunday November 14, 2004 at the Country Jockey Club de Rosario in Rosario, Argentina...
, Rosario - 2005 – Champions Challenge2005 Women's Champions Challenge (field hockey)The third edition of the Women's Champions Challenge took place at the USA Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach, United States. The event started on Friday July 8 and ended on Saturday July 16...
, Virginia Beach - 2006 – Commonwealth Games2006 Commonwealth GamesThe 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
, Melbourne - 2006 – World Cup Qualifier2006 Women's Hockey World Cup QualifierThe 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier, is the pre-tournament for the 11th edition of the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup in Madrid, Spain. It was held in Rome, Italy, from April 25 to May 6, 2006.-Participating nations:...
, Rome - 2006 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen
- 2008 – Olympic Games2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
, Beijing