2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (New Zealand)

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New Zealand took part in the Summer Olympics forthe 23rd timein the Chinese capital Beijing in 2008 .

The delegation comprised a total of 182 athletes who competed in the following sports (men / women / total):

Badminton (2/1/3) Basketball (0/12/12) Football (18/18/36) Weightlifting (2/0/2) Hockey (16/16/32) Canoe (3/2/5)

Athletics (4/6/10) Cycling (12/5/17) Equestrian sports (5/4/9) Rowing (11/5/16) Sailing (7/2/9) Target shooting (3/1/4)

Swimming (9/6/15) Synchronized swimming (0/2/2) Taekwondo (2/1/3) Tennis (0/1/1) Triathlon (3/3/6)

On November 18, 2009, Rashid Ramzi , the winner of the 1500-meter race, was stripped of his gold medal due to a doping offense. Nick Willis was subsequently awarded the silver medal.

Participants by sport

badminton

Men:

• Craig Cooper (Mixed)
• John Moody (singles)

Women:

• Renee Flavell (Mixed)

basketball

Women:

• Suzie Bates
• Claire Bodensteiner
• Micaela Cocks
• Jillian Harmon
• Aneka Kerr
• Angela Marino
• Jessica McCormack
• Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe
• Charmian Purcell
• Natalie Purcell
• Lisa Wallbutton
• Noni Wharemate

Soccer

Men goal 1 Jacob Spoonley 18 Liam Little Defense 2 Aaron Scott 3 Ian Hogg 5 Ryan Nelsen 6 Michael Boxall 12 Steven Old 14 Cole Tinkler 16 Samuel Jenkins midfield 4 Cole Peverley 7 Simon Elliott 8 Craig Henderson 11 Jeremy Brockie 13 Shaun Van Rooyen Storm 9 Daniel Ellensohn 10 Chris Killen 15 Greg Draper 17 Samuel Messam Trainer Stu Jacobs Results Preliminary round  People's Republic of China : 1: 1  Brazil : 0-5  Belgium : 0-1 eliminated as fourth group

Women goal 1 Jenny Bindon 18 Rachel Howard Defense 2 Ria Percival 3 Anna Green 5 Abby Erceg 6 Rebecca Smith 14 Kristy Hill 17 Marlies Oostdam midfield 4 Katie Hoyle 8 Hayley Moorwood 10 Emily McColl 11 Kirsty Yallop Storm 7 Ali Riley 9 Amber Hearn 12 Merissa Smith 13 Rebecca Tegg 15 Emma Kete 16 Renee Leota Trainer John Herdman Results Preliminary round  Japan : 2-2  Norway : 0-1  United States : 0-4 eliminated as fourth group

Weightlifting

Men:

• Richie Patterson (up to 77 kg)
• Mark Spooner (up to 69 kg)

hockey

Women: Stacey Carr Jaimee Claxton Tara Drysdale Gemma Flynn Krystal Forgesson Joanne Galletly Sheree Horvath Lizzy Igasan Beth Jurgeleit Emily Naylor Kimberley Noakes Caryn Paewai Niniwa Roberts Kate Saunders Kayla Sharland Anita Wawatai

Men: Ryan Archibald Gareth Brooks Phillip Burrows Simon Child Benjamin Collier Dean Couzins Steven Edwards Casey Henwood Blair hopping David Kosoof Shea McAleese James Nation Kyle Pontiff Bradley Shaw Hayden Shaw Paul Woolford

canoe

Canoe race

Women:

• Erin Taylor (single kayak)

Men:

• Steven Ferguson (single kayak, two-person kayak)
• Ben Fouhy (single kayak)
• Mike Walker (two-person kayak)

Canoe slalom

• Luuka Jones (single kayak)

athletics

Men:

• Adrian Blincoe (5000 m)
• James Dolphin (200 m)
• Stuart Farquhar (javelin throwing)
• Nick Willis (1500 m - silver )

Women:

• Beatrice Faumuina (discus throwing)
• Liza Hunter-Galvan (Marathon)
• Nina Rillstone (marathon)
• Kimberley Smith (5000 m, 10,000 m)
• Valerie Vili (Shot Put - Gold )
• Rebecca Wardell (Heptathlon)

Cycling

train

Women:

• Catherine Cheatley (points race)
• Alison Shanks (Individual Pursuit)

Men:

• Sam Bewley (Team Pursuit - Bronze )
• Wesley Gough (Team Pursuit - Bronze )
• Greg Henderson (points race, Madison)
• Peter Latham (Team Pursuit)
• Hayden Roulston (Individual Pursuit - Silver , Team Pursuit - Bronze , Madison)
• Marc Ryan (Team Pursuit - Bronze )
• Jesse Sergeant (Team Pursuit)

BMX

Women:

• Sarah Walker

Men:

• Marc Willers

Mountain bike

Women:

• Rosara Joseph

Men:

• Kashi Leuchs

Street

Women:

• Catherine Cheatley (street racing)
• Joanne Kiesanowski (road race)

Men:

• Glen Chadwick (road race)
• Julian Dean (road racing)
• Timothy Gudsell (road racing, time trial)

horse riding

Show jumping:

• Bruce Goodin (individual, team)
• Katie McVean (Individual, Team)
• Daniel Meech (individual, team)
• Sharn Wordley (individual, team)

Versatility:

• Joe Meyer (individual, team)
• Andrew Nicholson (individual, team)
• Caroline Powell (individual, team)
• Mark Todd (individual, team)
• Heelan Tompkins (individual, team)

rowing

Women:

• Nicola Coles (no two)
• Caroline Evers-Swindell (double scull)
• Georgina Evers-Swindell (double scull)
• Juliette Haigh (no two)
• Emma Twigg (One)

Men:

• Hamish Bond (foursome without)
• George Bridgewater (no two)
• Nathan Cohen (double scull)
• James Dallinger (foursome without)
• Mahé Drysdale (One)
• Eric Murray (foursome without)
• Carl Meyer (foursome without)
• Peter Taylor (Easy Double Scull)
• Nathan Twaddle (no two)
• Storm Uru (easy double scull)
• Rob Waddell (double scull)

sailing

Women:

• Jo Aleh (Laser Radial)
• Barbara Kendall (windsurfing)

Men:

• Tom Ashley (Windsurfing - Gold )
• Peter Burling (470s)
• Carl Evans (470s)
• Andrew Murdoch (laser)
• Hamish Pepper (Star)
• Carl Williams (Star)

shoot

Women:

• Nadine Stanton

Men:

• Graeme Ede
• Robbie Eastham
• Yang Wang

swim

Women:

• Lauren Boyle (4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Elizabeth Coster (100m back)
• Natasha Hind (4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Melissa Ingram (100 and 200 m back)
• Helen Norfolk (200 and 400 m medley, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Hayley Palmer (4 × 200 m freestyle)

Men:

• Daniel Bell (4 × 100 m layers)
• William Benson (4 × 100 m freestyle)
• Moss Burmester (100 and 200 m butterfly)
• Cameron Gibson (4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Mark Herring (4 × 100 m freestyle)
• Dean Kent (200 m individual medley)
• Orinoco Faamausili-Banse (4 × 100 m freestyle)
• Glenn Snyders (100 m chest, 4 × 100 m medley)
• Corney Swanepoel (100 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m medley)

Synchronized swimming

• Lisa Daniels (duet)
• Nina Daniels (duet)

Taekwondo

Women:

• Robin Cheong (up to 57 kg)

Men:

• Matthew Beach (up to 80 kg)
• Logan Campbell (up to 68 kg)

tennis

Women:

• Marina Erakovic

Triathlon

Women:

• Andrea Hewitt
• Debbie Tanner
• Samantha Warriner

Men:

• Bevan Docherty - bronze
• Kris Gemmell
• Shane Reed

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NZZ : Ramzi the most prominent doping offender, November 18, 2009 (accessed November 27, 2009)

Web links

• New Zealand Olympic Team 2008 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )