Blair Hopping

{{short description|New Zealand field hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Blair Hopping

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|12 August 1980}}

| birth_place = Pukekohe, New Zealand

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{{MedalSport | Men's Field Hockey}}

{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 2002 Manchester | Team Competition}}

{{MedalCompetition|Champions Challenge}}

{{MedalSilver | 2007 Boom | Team Competition}}

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Blair Robert Hopping (born 12 August 1980 in Pukekohe) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2000 against Pakistan. He competed for New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/blair-hopping-1.html|title=Blair Hopping profile at Sports-Reference.com|publisher=sports-reference.com|access-date=15 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103180028/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/blair-hopping-1.html|archive-date=3 November 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=2161&id=3774|title=Blair Hopping Profile at Olympic.org.nz|publisher=Olympic.org.nz|access-date=15 February 2010}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

Hopping taught Physical Education at Rangitoto College on Auckland's North Shore and coaches the school's 1st XI. He left that to join TigerTurf, New Zealand's only Synthetic Sports Surface manufacturer, on a part-time basis in 2006 and full-time since 2011. After retiring from Hockey, Blair now helps to upgrade and build new Hockey surfaces in New Zealand.