The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, represent New Zealand in international netball. The team take their nickname from the Silver Tree Fern, which is an emblem for many New Zealand sports teams. The Silver Ferns were formed in 1938 as a representative New Zealand team to tour Australia. To date, they have been one of the most dominant national netball teams in the world, along with Australia, and have a winning record against most other netball nations. The Silver Ferns are current world champions and ranked second in the INF World Rankings, behind Australia.
Dame Valerie Kasanita Adams is a New Zealand shot putter. She is a four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion and twice IAAF Continental Cup winner. She has a personal best throw of 21.24 metres outdoors and 20.54 m indoors. These marks are Oceanian, Commonwealth and New Zealand national records. She also holds the Oceanian junior record (18.93 m) and the Oceanian youth record (17.54 m), as well as the World Championships record, World Indoor Championships record and Commonwealth Games record.
Temepara Anne Bailey is a New Zealand international netball player. She was a member of the Silver Ferns national squad in 1996, and from 2000–2011. George retired from international duties after the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore. She played domestic netball in the ANZ Championship as captain of the Northern Mystics. Since the inaugural season, George has taken part in every quarter for the Mystics. She retired from all netball in 2012.
The main sports played in Samoa are rugby union and rugby league. Other popular sports are netball and soccer. Samoans in American Samoa are more likely to follow or play American sports such as American football, basketball, and baseball. Sports such as mixed martial arts, boxing, professional wrestling, and volleyball are popular among most ethnic Samoans regardless of location.
Joanna Edwards is a New Zealand international lawn bowls competitor. She has won two world titles and three Commonwealth Games gold medals.
Julia Susan Ratcliffe is a New Zealand track and field athlete who specialises in the hammer throw. She won the Gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, having won the Silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Laishram Sarita Devi is an Indian boxer from Manipur. She is a national champion and a former world champion in the lightweight class. In 2009, she was awarded Arjuna award by the government of India for her achievements.
Shiva Thapa is an Indian boxer. He is employed with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. He is supported by Olympic Gold Quest and Anglian Medal Hunt Company, Shiva Thapa participated in the 2012 London Olympics, and was the youngest Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics. Shiva Thapa is ranked 3rd in the bantamweight category in the AIBA Men's World Ranking. He is the third Indian to clinch Gold at the Asian Games. Shiva Thapa is the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the AIBA World Boxing Championships. He is now an Account Manager with Midland Credit management.
Vikas Krishan Yadav is an Indian male boxer from Bhiwani district in Haryana, who won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category and a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Enrico Kölling, occasionally spelled Koelling or Kolling, is a German professional boxer who challenged for the IBF light-heavyweight title in 2017.
Ivan Fyodorovich Dychko is a Kazakhstani boxer, known for winning two bronze medals at super heavyweight at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Brody Blair is a Canadian professional boxer that has represented Canada in multiple international amateur competitions as a middleweight.
Tomas Walsh is a New Zealand athlete who competes mainly in the shot put. He is the current national record holder both outdoors and indoors for the event. His personal best of 22.90 m, set at in Doha, 5 October 2019, is also the Oceanian record and makes him the fifth best shot putter in history, tied with Ryan Crouser who threw the same distance in the same World Championship competition.
Mark Fredrick Noble is a New Zealand chess and lawn bowls player. He was awarded the title of International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (GM) in 2010, the first New Zealand player to be awarded this title.
David Kieran Nyika is a New Zealand amateur heavyweight boxer. He won the men's light heavyweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the men's heavyweight division at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Shannon McIlroy is a New Zealand international lawn bowler.
Ali Forsyth is a New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowler.
Asasio Lolofakangalo Heimuli, commonly known as Lolo Heimuli, is a professional coach in kickboxing, boxing and mixed martial arts active in New Zealand. In the past he has coached many notable people including Mark Hunt (MMA), Shane Cameron (Boxing), Ray Sefo and many more. Heimuli fought in Mauy Thai and Amateur Boxing before becoming a coach, however, retired as a competitor in 1990 after a KO win over Narungsak of Thailand. Heimuli trained under Manukau Boxing gym with Jerry Preston and Ponsonby Lee Institute under Alf Pivac before becoming a coach. As a kickboxing coach, his boxers have won over 80 regional and world kickboxing titles. Heimuli used to be the head coach of City Boxing gym. Heimuli used to own his own gym in Auckland CBD called Balmoral Lee Gar, but has since left this establishment, taking Balmoral Lee Gar with him.
Ting Chen also known as Kyle Chen, is an amateur boxer residing from New Zealand. Chen has competed in New Zealand, Taiwan, Australia, Junior World Championship in Russia and Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas. Chen's most notable title is winning a bronze medal at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games.
Patrick Pakuliki Mailata is a Samoan born, New Zealand raised professional boxer. As an amateur, he won three New Zealand national elite championships from 2012 to 2014 and a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
