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Blair Robert Hopping (born 12 August 1980 inPukekohe) is afield hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team,nicknamedThe Black Sticks, in 2000 against Pakistan. He competed for New Zealand at the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens, the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing[1][2] and the2012 Summer Olympics in London and at the2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and the2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[2]
Hopping taughtPhysical Education at Rangitoto College onAuckland's North Shore and coaches the school's 1st XI. He left that to join TigerTurf, New Zealand's only Synthetic Sports Surface manufacturer, on a part-time basis in 2006 and full-time since 2011. After retiring from Hockey, Blair now helps to upgrade and build new Hockey surfaces in New Zealand.
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