Skippy Hamahona
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Skippy Hamahona is a former field hockey
player from New Zealand
. She finished in sixth position with the Women's National Team, nickname
d Black Sticks, at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney, Australia. Two years earlier she was a member of the side that claimed the bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was born in Sydney, Australia.
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...
player 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...
. She finished in sixth position with the Women's National Team, nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
d Black Sticks, at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics
-Men's Tournament:* See also: Men's Hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics -Group A:-Group B:September 16, 2000September 17, 2000September 17, 2000September 19, 2000September 19, 2000September 19, 2000September 21, 2000...
in Sydney, Australia. Two years earlier she was a member of the side that claimed the bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
1998 Commonwealth Games
The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was born in Sydney, Australia.