Emma Findlay
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| Born |
22 April 2004 Napier, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Hawke's Bay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Reading | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | New Zealand U–21 | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | New Zealand | 21 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emma Findlay (born 22 April 2004)[1] is a field hockey player from New Zealand.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Findlay was born and raised in Napier, New Zealand. Her brother, Sean, also plays field hockey for New Zealand.[3][4] His twins sister Greer and Hannah are also international hockey players at 2025 Junior Oceania Cup.[4][5]
Career
[edit]Under–21
[edit]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.[6]
In 2023 she was named in the squad again, also receiving a call–up for the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile.[7][8][2]
Black Sticks
[edit]In 2023, Findlay received her first call up to the senior national team.[9] She made her Black Sticks debut during season four of the FIH Pro League.[10][6]
At the end of the 2024 season, she joined Reading Hockey Club.[11] During the 2024–25 Women's England Hockey League season she was part of the Reading team that won the league title.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – New Zealand". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ a b "U21 Women's Team". blacksticksnz.co.nz. New Zealand Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Teenage hockey prodigy Emma Findlay eyes Black Sticks call up". The New Zealand Herald. New Zealand Herald. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Hockey fundraiser for cancer mum". The New Zealand Herald. New Zealand Herald. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ @hockeynewzealand; (31 January 2025). "The NZ U21 Women's starting lineup" – via Instagram.
- ^ a b "FINDLAY EMMA". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "2023 JUNIOR BLACK STICKS SQUADS ANNOUNCED". hockeynz.co.nz/. New Zealand Hockey Federation. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "JUNIOR WORLD CUP SQUADS HIGHLIGHT STRONG TALENT COMING THROUGH". blacksticksnz.co.nz. New Zealand Hockey Federation. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Black Sticks veterans, rising stars for Pro League matches". nzsportswire.com. NZ Sports Wire. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Black Sticks captain Olivia Merry opens up on challenges of balancing fulltime work and hockey". stuff.co.nz. stuff. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "England Hockey League Women's Premier Division: Summer Transfers". The Top of the D. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "England Hockey Finals: Reading women and Surbiton men land surprise titles". The Hockey Paper. 5 May 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
