Blair Tarrant

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Blair Tarrant
Personal information
Full name Blair Thomas Fagan Tarrant
Born (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 (age 34) [1]
Timaru, New Zealand
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Southern Dogs
Senior career
YearsTeam
Southern Dogs
2012–2013 SCHC
2013–2015 Southern Dogs
2016–2020 Rotterdam
2020–2023 Hamburger Polo Club
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2010–present New Zealand 217 (4)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Oceania Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Stratford
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Stratford
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Rockhampton
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Whangārei
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Delhi Team
Hockey World League
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012–13 New Delhi Team

Blair Thomas Fagan Tarrant (born 11 May 1990) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a defender for the New Zealand national team. [3]

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He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the men's team came seventh. [4] [5]

Club career

Tarrant plays as a defender for the Southern region in the New Zealand Hockey League. [6] In 2012, he signed a two-year contract at SCHC in the Netherlands. [7] Due to his commitments to the national team, he would miss the preparation for the second half of the season so in January 2013 his contract at SCHC was annulled and he returned to New Zealand. [8] After the 2016 Summer Olympics he returned to the Netherlands to play for Rotterdam. [9] In April 2020, it was announced he left Rotterdam together with Kane Russell for Hamburger Polo Club in Germany for the 2020–21 season. [10]

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References

  1. "Blair Tarrant". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. "Blair Tarrant". New Zealand Olympic Committee . Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. "Vantage Black Sticks Men". blacksticksnz.co.nz. Black Sticks New Zealand Hockey. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. "Men's Hockey Team confirmed for Rio". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  5. Leggat, David (15 August 2016). "NZ hockey's most heartbreaking loss". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  6. "Hockey: Three from Southern in Rio team". Otago Daily Times . 4 June 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  7. "SCHC trekt vier Nieuw-Zeelanders én talenten aan". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Hoofdklasse Hockey Nederland. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  8. "SCHC zet in op jeugd en breidt technische staf uit". roulettefm.nl (in Dutch). RouletteFM. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  9. Belt, Janneke (3 May 2016). "Rotterdam haalt buitenlanders Tarrant, Dixon en Brogdon binnen". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  10. "Hamburger Polo Club holt neuseeländische Nationalspieler". sueddeutsche.de (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.