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Born | Gisborne, New Zealand | 8 March 2002||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
2020– | Central Falcons | ||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | New Zealand U–21 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | New Zealand | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rebecca Baker (born 8 March 2002) [1] is a field hockey player from New Zealand. [2] [3]
Rebecca Baker was born in Gisborne, and grew up in Whanganui. [4] [5]
In the Premier Hockey League, Baker plays for the Central Falcons, with whom she won a gold medals in 2020 and 2024. [6] [7] [8] She has also previously represented Auckland in the Ford National Hockey Championship, including a gold medal performance in 2023. [6] [9]
She was member of the Junior Black Sticks squad at the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago. [10] [11]
Following her junior debut in 2022, Baker was named in the Black Sticks squad for a test series against Japan in Auckland. She made her debut during the series, marking her first international cap. [10] [12]
She has been named in an extended national squad for 2025. [13]