Richard Petherick (born 4 April 1986) is a field hockey player from New Zealand. While at Hamilton Boys' High School Petherick played for regional and national representative teams. He earned his first cap for the national men's team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2005 against Malaysia. He also gained selection for both the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament in May and for the European tour in July.
Petherick travelled as a reserve to the 2008 Summer Olympics but did not compete.[1] He competed for New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]
International senior tournaments
editLife now
editPetherick now teaches PE at Overseas Family School in Singapore[4]
References
edit- ^ "Richard Petherick". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Richard Petherick". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ "World Cup squad named". The New Zealand Herald. 18 July 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ^ https://ofs.edu.sg
External links
edit- Richard Petherick at Olympedia
- Richard Petherick at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Athlete profile
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