Taryn Mallett
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| Full name | Taryn Kate Potts | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||
| Club | Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||
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Taryn Kate Potts (née Mallett) (born 19 April 1992)[1] is a field hockey player from South Africa. In 2020, she was an athlete at the Summer Olympics.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Under–21
[edit]In 2013, Potts made her debut for the South Africa U–21 team at the FIH Junior World Cup in Mönchengladbach.[4]
National team
[edit]Potts made her senior international debut for South Africa in 2020, during a test series against Ireland in Stellenbosch.[4]
Despite only making five appearances for the national team, Potts was named to the South Africa squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[5] She will make her Olympic debut on 24 July 2021, in the Pool A match against Ireland.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Team Details – South Africa". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ↑ "MALLETT Taryn". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ↑ "ATHLETES – TARYN MALLETT". eurosport.com. EuroSport. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- 1 2 "MALLETT Taryn". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ↑ "SA Hockey Squads Selected". sahockey.co.za. South African Hockey Association. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ↑ "2020 Olympic Games (Women)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
