Kristen Paton
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| Born | 21 December 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | HGC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kristen Storm Paton (born 21 December 1996) is a South African field hockey player who plays as midfielder for the South African national team.[1]
Career
[edit]Under–18
[edit]Paton made her debut for the South Africa U–18 in 2014 at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing.[2]
Under–21
[edit]Paton made her debut for the South Africa U–21 in 2016 at the Junior Africa cup for Nations in Windhoek.[3]
National team
[edit]She was in the South Africa team at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup.[4][5]
She retired (2026) from international field hockey career.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ↑ Choga, Jessica (16 July 2014). "Team South Africa named for 2014 Youth Olympic Games". TeamSA. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ↑ Import, Pongrass (7 April 2016). "UJ hockey stars help SA qualify for World Cup". Northcliff Melville Times. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ↑ "SA Women's Hockey Squad named for the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup". sahockey.co.za. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ↑ "Hockey Women's World Cup 2018: Team Details United States". FIH. p. 14.
- ↑ "SA Hockey Pays Tribute as Kristen Paton Announces Retirement | SA Hockey Association". Retrieved 14 April 2026.
External links
[edit]- Kristen Paton at the International Hockey Federation
- Kristen Paton at the South African Hockey Association
- Kristen Paton at Olympedia
- Kristen Paton at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- South African women's field hockey players
- Women's field hockey midfielders
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games field hockey players for South Africa
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for South Africa
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- 21st-century South African sportswomen
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- South African field hockey biography stubs
