Taine Paton

{{short description|South African field hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Taine Paton

| image = Glasgow 2014 - Hockey (15) Taine Paton.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|1|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Durban, South Africa

| height = 1.75 m

| weight = 72 kg

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Gantoise

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Gantoise

| years2 = {{0|0000}}–2018

| clubs2 = Beerschot

| years3 = 2018–2023

| clubs3 = Antwerp

| years4 = 2023–present

| clubs4 = Gantoise

| nationalyears1 = 2010–2022

| nationalteam1 = South Africa

| nationalcaps1 = 145

| nationalgoals1 = 34

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}}

{{MedalCountry|{{RSA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|African Cup of Nations}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Nairobi|}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Ismailia|}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Accra|}}

| updated = 13 February 2024

}}

Taine Paton (born 4 January 1989) is a South African field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Hockey League club Gantoise.{{Cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/taine-paton-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092347/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/taine-paton-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Taine Paton |access-date=2017-10-24}} At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament, with his brother Wade Paton.{{cite web |title=Taine Paton |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/paton-taine-1079550/ |website=London2012.com |publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited |accessdate=13 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911211810/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/paton-taine-1079550/ |archive-date=11 September 2012}} He also represented South Africa at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.{{Cite web |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/hockey/1001780/taine_paton.html |title=Taine Paton |website=g2014results.thecgf.com |publisher=Glasgow 2014 |access-date=2017-10-24}} He played a total of 145 matches for the South African national team until 2022.

The brother of Wade Paton.{{Cite web|title=Olympedia: Wade Paton|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/123078|website=Olympedia}}