Emma Findlay
{{short description|New Zealand field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Emma Findlay
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2004|04|22}}
| birth_place = Napier, New Zealand
| position = Midfield
| years1 = 2023–
| clubs1 = Hawke's Bay
| years2 = 2024–
| clubs2 = Reading
| nationalyears1 = 2022–
| nationalteam1 = New Zealand U–21
| nationalcaps1 = 12
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2023–
| nationalteam2 = New Zealand
| nationalcaps2 = 21
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}
{{MedalCountry|{{NZL}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIH Nations Cup}}
{{MedalGold|2024–25 Santiago|}}
{{MedalCompetition|Junior Oceania Cup}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Canberra|}}
{{MedalSilver|2025 Auckland|}}
}}
Emma Findlay (born 22 April 2004){{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1473/reports/teams |title=Team Details – New Zealand |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=7 November 2023}} is a field hockey player from New Zealand.{{cite web |title=U21 Women's Team |url=https://www.blacksticksnz.co.nz/womens-team-u21 |publisher=New Zealand Hockey Federation |website=blacksticksnz.co.nz |accessdate=7 November 2023 |df=dmy-all}}
Personal life
Findlay was born and raised in Napier, New Zealand. Her brother, Sean, also plays field hockey for New Zealand.{{cite web |title=Teenage hockey prodigy Emma Findlay eyes Black Sticks call up |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/teenage-hockey-prodigy-emma-findlay-eyes-black-sticks-call-up/FRD3WWCD5SJRKFHVF7LZKDQPM4/ |publisher=New Zealand Herald |website=The New Zealand Herald |date=18 June 2020 |accessdate=7 November 2023 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |title=Hockey fundraiser for cancer mum |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/hockey-fundraiser-for-cancer-mum/AZYWHSCAUL5DE2JTUWJXAHUPG4/ |publisher=New Zealand Herald |website=The New Zealand Herald |date=13 December 2014 |accessdate=7 November 2023 |df=dmy-all}} His twins sister Greer and Hannah are also international hockey players at 2025 Junior Oceania Cup.{{Cite Instagram |user=hockeynewzealand |postid=DFgZ5vVTOLX |title=The NZ U21 Women's starting lineup |date=31 January 2025}}
Career
= Under–21 =
Findlay made her international debut for New Zealand at Under–21 level. She represented the junior squad at the 2022 Junior Oceania Cup in Canberra, where she won a silver medal.{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/28996 |title=FINDLAY EMMA |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=7 November 2023}}
In 2023 she was named in the squad again, also receiving a call–up for the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile.{{cite web |url=https://hockeynz.co.nz/2023-junior-black-sticks-squads-announced/ |title=2023 JUNIOR BLACK STICKS SQUADS ANNOUNCED |publisher=New Zealand Hockey Federation |website=hockeynz.co.nz/ |date=13 February 2023 |accessdate=7 November 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.blacksticksnz.co.nz/future-black-sticks-news/junior-world-cup-squads-highlight-strong-talent-coming-through |title=JUNIOR WORLD CUP SQUADS HIGHLIGHT STRONG TALENT COMING THROUGH |publisher=New Zealand Hockey Federation |website=blacksticksnz.co.nz |date=12 September 2023 |accessdate=7 November 2023}}
= Black Sticks =
In 2023, Findlay received her first call up to the senior national team.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzsportswire.com/black-sticks-veterans-rising-stars-for-pro-league-matches/ |title=Black Sticks veterans, rising stars for Pro League matches |publisher=NZ Sports Wire |website=nzsportswire.com |date=6 April 2023 |accessdate=7 November 2023}} She made her Black Sticks debut during season four of the FIH Pro League.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/131813728/black-sticks-captain-olivia-merry-opens-up-on-challenges-of-balancing-fulltime-work-and-hockey |title=Black Sticks captain Olivia Merry opens up on challenges of balancing fulltime work and hockey |publisher=stuff |website=stuff.co.nz |date=22 April 2023 |accessdate=7 November 2023}}
At the end of the 2024 season, she joined Reading Hockey Club.{{cite web|url=https://thetopofthed.com/2024/09/20/england-hockey-league-womens-premier-division-summer-transfers/ |title=England Hockey League Women's Premier Division: Summer Transfers |website=The Top of the D |date=20 September 2024 |access-date=7 May 2025}} During the 2024–25 Women's England Hockey League season she was part of the Reading team that won the league title.{{cite web|url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2025/05/05/england-hockey-finals-reading-women-and-surbiton-men-land-surprise-titles |title=England Hockey Finals: Reading women and Surbiton men land surprise titles|website=The Hockey Paper |date=5 May 2025 |access-date=7 May 2025}}
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