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| Born | 14 November 2001 Hastings, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | New Zealand U–21 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | New Zealand | 44 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kaitlin Cotter (born 14 November 2001) [1] is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who plays as a defender. [2]
Kaitlin Cotter was born in Hastings and grew up in Napier. [3] [4] [2]
Kaitlin Cotter made her debut for the New Zealand U-21 team in 2018 during a test series against Australia in Hastings. [5]
The following year she appeared at a Tri–Nations tournament in Canberra. [5]
Cotter made her debut for the Black Sticks in 2020 during season three of the FIH Pro League. [2]
Due to travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cotter did not represent the national team again until 2022. She was a member of the squad at the Trans–Tasman Hockey Series in Auckland. [5] Later that year she was named in the national squad for both the FIH World Cup in Terrassa and Amsterdam, as well as the XXII Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [6] [7]
