Lisa Mary Walton (born 14 December 1975) is a former New Zealand

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player. She won the bronze medal with the women's national team at the

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, and also competed for New Zealand at the

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, finishing in sixth place. Walton was born in

Christchurch Christchurch (; ) is the largest city in the South Island and the List of cities in New Zealand, second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of , and a metropolitan population of over hal ...

on 14 December 1975, the daughter of Kate Walton (née Buchanan) and David Walton, and educated at

Rangi Ruru Girls' School Rangi Ruru Girls' School is a New Zealand private school, private girls' day and boarding school, boarding secondary school located in Merivale, Christchurch, Merivale, an inner suburb of Christchurch. The school is affiliated with the Presbyte ...

from 1989 to 1993. She went on to study at the

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between 1994 and 1997, graduating with a

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degree and a postgraduate diploma in marketing and management. While at Canterbury, she was awarded a New Zealand university

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for hockey in 1996 and 1997. Walton lives in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

with her British wife.

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