List of New Zealand sportspeople explained

The following is a list of New Zealand sportspeople.

Basketball

• Steven Adams – basketball player
• Pero Cameron – basketball player
• Sean Marks – basketball player
• Dan Shamir (born 1975) - Israeli professional basketball coach, lives in Auckland

Golf

• Michael Campbell – golfer
• Sir Bob Charles – champion golfer
• Lydia Ko - champion golfer
• Danny Lee - golfer
• Phil Tataurangi - golfer^[1]
• Steve Williams – caddy

Motorsports

• Chris Amon – Formula One and sports car driver
• Bruce Anstey - motorcycle road racer
• Brendon Hartley – Ex Formula One Driver and Two time WEC winner including 24 of Le mans Win
• Possum Bourne – rally driving
• Barry Briggs - motorcycle speedway rider
• Nick Cassidy - Formula E Driver
• Simon Crafar - motorcycle road racer
• Graeme Crosby - motorcycle road racer
• Scott Dixon – Six-time IndyCar champion, 2008 Indy 500 Champion
• Mitch Evans - Formula E Driver
• Denny Hulme – 1967 Formula One champion
• Chris Lange - rally driver
• Liam Lawson - Formula One driver
• Ivan Mauger – six-time motorcycle speedway world champion
• Bruce McLaren – Formula One and CanAm driver
• Scott McLaughlin - touring car driver, IndyCar 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
• Ted Tracey - Speedway racing driver
• Shane van Gisbergen - touring car driver

Netball

See main article: List of New Zealand international netball players.

Rugby league

See main article: List of New Zealand Kiwis representatives.

See also: List of New Zealand Warriors players.

Rugby union

See main article: List of New Zealand national rugby union footballers.

Soccer

See main article: List of New Zealand international footballers.

Cricket

Main articles: List of New Zealand Test cricketers, List of New Zealand ODI cricketers, List of New Zealand Twenty20 International cricketers

See also:New Zealand national cricket team, New Zealand women's national cricket team

• Craig Auckram
• Brendon McCullum
• Kane Williamson
• Ross Taylor
• Richard Hadlee
• Shane Bond
• Martin Crowe
• Trent Boult
• Lockie Ferguson
• Tim Southee
• James Neesham
• Bradley-John Watling
• Ajaz Patel
• James Franklin
• Scott Styris
• Corey Anderson
• Tom Latham
• Colin de Grandhomme
• Jacob Oram
• Stephen Fleming
• Daniel Vettori
• Craig McMillan
• Liz Perry
• Shane Bond

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 vaulter, 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

• Margaret Jane Briggs, show-ring rider
• Christine Jensen Burke – mountaineer
• Helen Clarke - field hockey player
• Cheree Crowley – professional wrestler
• 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 Edmund Hillary – mountaineer
• Mark Hunt - mixed martial artist
• Precious McKenzie – weightlifter (born in South Africa)
• Mark Todd – equestrian
• Sarah Ulmer – cyclist
• Michael Walker – jockey
• Sarah Walker – BMX rider
• Tony Wilding – tennis player

References

1. Web site: Phil Tataurangi PGA TOUR Profile - News, Stats, and Videos.