Kayla Whitelock

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = Kayla Whitelock

|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=100%}}

|image = Kayla Whitelock MNZM (cropped).jpg

|alt =

|caption = Whitelock in 2020

|birth_name = Kayla Marie Sharland

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|10|30|df=y}}

|birth_place = Palmerston North, New Zealand

|module = {{Infobox field hockey player | embed=yes

|height = 1.74 m{{cite web |url= http://www.london2012.com/athlete/sharland-kayla-1124938/ |title= Kayla Sharland - London 2012 Olympics |access-date= 10 August 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120801080405/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/sharland-kayla-1124938/ |archive-date= 1 August 2012 |df= dmy-all }}

|weight = 72 kg

|position = Midfield

|clubs1 = Central Mysticks

|years1 =

|nationalteam1 = New Zealand

|nationalyears1 = 2003–

|nationalcaps(goals)1 = 213

|nationalgoals1 = 52

|updated = 24 April 2014 (national){{cite web |url= http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/240414%20BSW%20Caps.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140626051330/http://hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/240414%20BSW%20Caps.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 26 June 2014 |title= New Zealand Hockey Representatives - Women |publisher= Hockey New Zealand |date= 24 April 2014 |access-date= 14 June 2014 }}{{cite web |url= http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/240414%20BSW%20Goal%20Scorers.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140626015254/http://hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/240414%20BSW%20Goal%20Scorers.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 26 June 2014 |title= New Zealand Goal Scorers - Women |publisher= Hockey New Zealand |date= 24 April 2014 |access-date= 14 June 2014 }}

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|medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's field hockey}}

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Kayla Marie Whitelock {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (née Sharland, born 30 October 1985) is a New Zealand field hockey player, and former captain of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the Black Sticks Women).{{cite web|title=Kayla Sharland - Profile |url=http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/kaylasharland/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223014511/http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/kaylasharland/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2013 |publisher=Hockey New Zealand |access-date=10 August 2012 }} She has competed in four Olympic Games (2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016), three Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010, and 2014) and two Hockey World Cups (2010 and 2014). She was named on the FIH's All-Star Team in 2010 and was Hockey New Zealand's player of the year in 2012.{{Cite web|title = Glasgow 2014 - Kayla Whitelock Profile|url = http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/hockey/1025692/kayla_whitelock.html|website = g2014results.thecgf.com|access-date = 6 January 2016}}

Biography

Whitelock was born in Palmerston North, and is of Rangitāne descent.{{cite news |last=Tipene-Leach |first=Oriini |date=31 July 2014 |title=Day 7: Update on our Māori athletes in Glasgow |publisher=Television New Zealand |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/te-karere-news/day-7-update-our-m-ori-athletes-in-glasgow-6042437 |access-date=3 August 2014}} She married Crusaders rugby player George Whitelock in December 2013.{{cite news |last=Lampp |first=Peter |date=17 December 2013 |title=Sharland warns of attrition |newspaper=Manawatu Standard |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/sport/9526303/Sharland-warns-of-attrition |access-date=14 June 2014}}

Whitelock took up hockey at the age of seven, as her school only played hockey, not her preferred sport, netball.

In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, Whitelock was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to hockey.{{cite web |date=1 June 2020 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2020 |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2020 |access-date=1 June 2020 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet}}