Meredith Dawn Orr (born 2 May 1978 inWhakatāne) is afield hockey midfielder from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens, Greece. There she finished in sixth place with the Women's National Team. Orr made her international senior debut for the Black Sticks in 2001 against Korea in Wellington.[1][2]
Orr attendedDiocesan School for Girls inAuckland and then attended Massey University to complete her business degree. In 2006 Orr ruptured her ACL but returned to hockey seven months later to Captain the Canterbury Cats hockey team in the New Zealand Hockey League. In a continual effort to keep developing her game, Orr played for the NSW Arrows team in the 2007 Australian Hockey League.
Orr has over 110 caps for New Zealand. She was in the Black Sticks side which won theOceania Cup in Queensland, Australia in September 2007 beating Australia in the final to qualify for the Beijing Olympics.[2] She was included in the squad from which the team to represent New Zealand at the2008 Olympic Games in Beijing was chosen.
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