Blair Thomas Fagan Tarrant (born 11 May 1990) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a defender for the New Zealand national team.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Blair Thomas Fagan Tarrant | ||
| Born |
11 May 1990[1] Timaru, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Southern Dogs | |||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Southern Dogs | |||
| 2012–2013 | SCHC | ||
| 2013–2015 | Southern Dogs | ||
| 2016–2020 | Rotterdam | ||
| 2020–2023 | Hamburger Polo Club | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2010–present | New Zealand | 217 | (4) |
Medal record | |||
He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the men's team came seventh.[4][5]
Club career
editTarrant plays as a defender for the Southern region in the New Zealand Hockey League.[6] In 2012, he signed a two-year contract at SCHC in the Netherlands.[7] Due to his commitments to the national team, he would miss the preparation for the second half of the season so in January 2013 his contract at SCHC was annulled and he returned to New Zealand.[8] After the 2016 Summer Olympics he returned to the Netherlands to play for Rotterdam.[9] In April 2020, it was announced he left Rotterdam together with Kane Russell for Hamburger Polo Club in Germany for the 2020–21 season.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Blair Tarrant". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Blair Tarrant". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Vantage Black Sticks Men". blacksticksnz.co.nz. Black Sticks New Zealand Hockey. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Men's Hockey Team confirmed for Rio". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ Leggat, David (15 August 2016). "NZ hockey's most heartbreaking loss". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Hockey: Three from Southern in Rio team". Otago Daily Times. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "SCHC trekt vier Nieuw-Zeelanders én talenten aan". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Hoofdklasse Hockey Nederland. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "SCHC zet in op jeugd en breidt technische staf uit". roulettefm.nl (in Dutch). RouletteFM. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Belt, Janneke (3 May 2016). "Rotterdam haalt buitenlanders Tarrant, Dixon en Brogdon binnen". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Hamburger Polo Club holt neuseeländische Nationalspieler". sueddeutsche.de (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
External links
edit- Blair Tarrant at the International Hockey Federation
- Blair Tarrant at Olympics.com
- Blair Tarrant at Olympedia
- Blair Tarrant at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Blair Tarrant at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Blair Tarrant at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Blair Tarrant at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Blair Tarrant at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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