Ryan Jeffrey Archibald (born 1 September 1980) is a

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 earned his first cap for the national team,

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d ''The Black Sticks'', in 1997 against

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

. Currently he is a player for Somerville Hockey Club. In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, Archibald was appointed a

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit () is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ...

, for services to hockey.

International senior tournaments

* 1998 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 1998 –

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...

* 1999 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2000 – Olympic Qualifier * 2000 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2001 – World Cup Qualifier * 2002 –

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...

* 2002 –

* 2003 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2003 – Champions Challenge * 2004 – Olympic Qualifier * 2004 –

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* 2005 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup * 2006 –

* 2006 – Hockey World Cup * 2007 – Champions Challenge * 2008 –

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

* 2012 –

References

External links

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Profile on New Zealand Hockey
1980 births Living people New Zealand male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players from Auckland HC Rotterdam players New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands New Zealand expatriate field hockey players Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-fieldhockey-bio-stub