SHANNON Olivia

Date of Birth: 23 May 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Place of residence : NEW ZEALAND

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Hockey	Women NZL New Zealand	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool B #W06 NZL New Zealand 3 ARG Argentina 0	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool B #W11 JPN Japan 1 NZL New Zealand 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool B #W15 NZL New Zealand 1 ESP Spain 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool B #W22 NZL New Zealand 0 AUS Australia 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool B #W25 CHN China 3 NZL New Zealand 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Quarter-final #W31 NED Netherlands 3 NZL New Zealand 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

FIH Pro League

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2020
6	Women	2019

Oceania Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Rockhampton, QLD, AUS

Olly, Liv. (blacksticksnz.co.nz, 23 May 2019; Instagram profile, 27 Jan 2019)

Skiing, visiting the beach. (Instagram profile, 30 Aug 2020; blacksticksnz.co.nz, 23 May 2019)

Occupation:

Partner Jonty Stewart

Languages spoken:

Central Falcons [Waipukurau, NZL] since 2015

Darren Smith [club]; Graham Shaw [national], IRL

Position style:

Forward (blacksticksnz.co.nz, 23 May 2019)

Right (FIH Hockey Facebook channel, 14 Mar 2019)

2019 for New Zealand Against Netherlands, International Tournament in New Zealand (theniche-cache.com, 28 Jan 2019; blacksticksnz.co.nz, 26 Jan 2019)

National league:

National Hockey League [NZL] (blacksticksnz.co.nz, 16 Dec 2020)

She began playing hockey at age 12. (Manawatu Standard, 20 Nov 2018; blacksticksnz.co.nz, 23 May 2019)

"I was originally a rugby girl but got too small for it and ended up changing to hockey. My friend took me to hockey and I fell in love with it at the first training session." (FI Hockey Facebook channel, 14 Mar 2019; Manawatu Standard, 20 Nov 2018; newsroom.co.nz, 05 Dec 2018 )

To compete at the Olympic Games, and "become one of the best hockey players in the world". (FIH Hockey Facebook channel, 14 Mar 2019; nzherald.co.nz, 15 Nov 2019)

Being selected for the national squad in late 2018. (newsroom.co.nz, 05 Dec 2018)

Her parents. (blacksticksnz.co.nz, 23 May 2019)

Philosophy:

"You have to feel comfortable feeling uncomfortable." (blacksticksnz.co.nz, 23 May 2019)

In 2019 she was named Black Sticks Women's U21 Player of the Year. (Hockey New Zealand Facebook page, 21 Oct 2020)

In 2018 she was named Player of the Tournament and was the Top Goal Scorer at the New Zealand U18 Championship. (Manawatu Standard, 20 Nov 2018)

In 2018 she was the New Zealand National Hockey League's Most Valuable Player. She was also named U18 Women's Player of the Year at the Central Hockey Club in New Zealand the same year. (Manawatu Standard, 20 Nov 2018; nzherald.co.nz, 15 Nov 2019)

General Interest

General
FARM LIFE MADE HER TOUGH
She credits her toughness on the pitch with growing up on the family farm, located north of Feilding in Manawatu, New Zealand. She would regularly trek around the countryside to round up sheep as a child. "I was never really inside. Motocross and rugby were my two main sports. I think the farm helped to toughen me up and that shows on the turf, being tough and aggressive. It's something a lot of girls shy away from." (Manawatu Standard, 20 Nov 2018; stuff.co.nz, 20 Nov 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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