Jaimee Sarah Provan-Claxton (born 3 February 1978) is a

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forward from New Zealand, who represented her native country in 2 Olympic Games: the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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- here she finished in sixth place with the Women's National Team. She also competed in the

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. As well as representing NZ at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Provan made her international senior debut for the ''Black Sticks'' in 2001 and retired in 2008 with 145 international test caps. She was born in

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. Since retiring from hockey, Jaimee became a tv personality before moving to Europe with her husband. She now lives in France with their 3 kids. Jaimee launched her own website design & development business in 2019 called

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International senior competitions

* 2001 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen * 2002 – Champions Trophy, Macau * 2002 –

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, Manchester * 2002 –

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, Perth * 2003 – Champions Challenge, Catania * 2004 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Auckland * 2004 –

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, Athens * 2005 – Champions Challenge, Virginia Beach * 2008 –

, Beijing

References

New Zealand Field Hockey

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