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New Zealand Sport & Olympics Marcus Neiland Nils Hendrik Seimann

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New Zealand Sport& Olympics

Marcus Neiland

Nils Hendrik Seimann

Popular Sports

• Netball

• Cricket

• Horseracing

• Rugby

• Football (soccer)

• Tennis

Other Sports

• Australian football

• American football

• Basketball

• Boxing

• Canoeing

• Cycling

Netball

• Started in 1890s

• Similar to basketball

• Most popular women sport in New Zealand

• 7 vs 7 players on court with limited movement

• Played by 20 million people in 80 countries

New Zealand Olympics

New Zealand Olympics history

• New Zealand has not yet hosted an Olympics.• The first New Zealander to compete at the

Olympic game was Victor Lindberg who competed for the Osborne Swimming.

• New Zealand first sent an independent team in 1920.

• Before 1920 New Zealand athletes competed with Australia in a combined Australasia team.

• Since 1908 New Zealand has sent athletes to compete in every Olympic summer games.

New Zealand Olympics history

• The first New Zealand Olympic team included 2 runners, a rower and a 15 years old girl swimmer.

• Three New Zealanders won a medal competing for Australasia team.

New Zealand in summer olympics

New Zealand in winter olympics

New Zealand in olympics

• Most Olympic medals for New Zealand have been won by the rowing teams with 21 medals in total.

• New Zealand athletic teams have won 20 medals in total.

• New Zealand sailing teams have won 18 medals in total.

• Shooting, field hockey and alpine skiing teams have got only 1 medal in total.

• New Zealand have won 102 medals in all summer Olympics.

• In Winter Olympics they have won only 1 medal.

Used sources

• International Netball Federation –http://www.netball.org/

• Wikipedia -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netballhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_New_Zealand

• Tomas Barnes blog -http://tommybcoventry.wordpress.com/