Kristen Paton
Appearance
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 21 December 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | HGC | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Southern Gauteng u21 | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
2017-2021 | University of Johannesburg | |||||||||||||||||||
2018-2021 | Southern Gauteng | |||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||||||||
2014 | South Africa Hockey5s u18 | 12 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
2016 | South Africa u21 | 10 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
2018–present | South Africa | 72 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 6 November 2022 |
Kristen Storm Paton (born 21 December 1996) is a South African field hockey player who plays as midfielder for the South African national team.[1]
Career
[edit]Under–18
[edit]Paton made her debut for the South Africa U–18 in 2014 at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing.[2]
Under–21
[edit]Paton made her debut for the South Africa U–21 in 2016 at the Junior Africa cup for Nations in Windhoek.[3]
National team
[edit]She was in the South Africa team at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ 2018 Commonwealth Games profile
- ^ Choga, Jessica (16 July 2014). "Team South Africa named for 2014 Youth Olympic Games". TeamSA. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ Import, Pongrass (7 April 2016). "UJ hockey stars help SA qualify for World Cup". Northcliff Melville Times. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "SA Women's Hockey Squad named for the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup". sahockey.co.za. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Hockey Women's World Cup 2018: Team Details United States". FIH. p. 14.
External links
[edit]- Kristen Paton at the International Hockey Federation
- Kristen Paton at the South African Hockey Association
- Kristen Paton at Olympedia
- Kristen Paton at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Categories:
- 1996 births
- Living people
- South African female field hockey players
- Female field hockey midfielders
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for South Africa
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- 21st-century South African sportswomen
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- South African field hockey biography stubs