KEDDELL Rose

General
RIO HEARTACHE FUELS TOKYO DETERMINATION
She said she felt "gutted" after losing the bronze medal match to Germany at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro following a penalty shootout. "To come fourth was pretty disheartening, considering we played some of the best hockey we ever had, especially in the quarterfinal versus Australia, and then weren't able to finish it off. But I was saying to my mum the other day that, while you'd never be happy with fourth, you have to be proud of your effort regardless, especially for a small country on the other side of the world. And I think having come fourth in Rio, and having got so close, it is definitely an incentive [for Tokyo]. We all know that we have it in us and that we are so close. There are really only minute tweaks that we need to make, and the lines are so fine between coming first and coming eighth. So, that is a big incentive for us to really grab hold of the opportunity to go again because we all know it's possible." (olympic.org, 28 Jul 2020; unomagazine.co.nz, 15 Mar 2017)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She teaches Pilates at a local fitness studio in New Zealand, which she continued online during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. "I've been teaching Pilates at Reform in Takapuna, which I'm really loving. I've always been interested in the body and how it works and movement as a whole. I've suffered through a few injuries and found Pilates is perfect for everybody regardless of age, stage or injury status. I think it's easy to over-complicate exercise. There are so many things you can do and endless ways to move the body. During the first lockdown I was putting some workouts on my Instagram [and] I was really amazed at how many people tuned in, so I kept doing them and it was really satisfying. I think it was good for people to have something to look forward to exercise-wise because it can be so hard to motivate yourself. It was my way of making it [lockdown] a little bit easier for people." (viva.co.nz, 22 Jan 2021)