Mary Frances Clinton (born 8 May 1960 in Darfield, New Zealand) is a former female

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

in Los Angeles, California. Eight years later she competed with at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

in Barcelona, where the team ended up in eight position. She was the first female woman to play more than 100 matches for the national team.

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New Zealand Olympic Committee

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* New Zealand female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1960 births Living people People from Darfield, New Zealand Field hockey players from the Canterbury Region 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen {{NewZealand-fieldhockey-bio-stub