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{{short description|New Zealand field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Blair Hopping
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| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|12 August 1980}}
| birth_place    = [[Pukekohe]], New Zealand
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| show-medals    = yes
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Field Hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | Team Competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey Champions Challenge|Champions Challenge]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge|2007 Boom]] | Team Competition}}
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'''Blair Robert Hopping''' (born 12 August 1980 in [[Pukekohe]]) is a [[field hockey]] player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, [[nickname]]d ''The Black Sticks'', in 2000 against Pakistan.  He competed for New Zealand at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]], the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]<ref name=sr>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/blair-hopping-1.html|title=Blair Hopping profile at Sports-Reference.com|publisher=sports-reference.com|access-date=15 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103180028/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/blair-hopping-1.html|archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=2161&id=3774|title=Blair Hopping Profile at Olympic.org.nz|publisher=Olympic.org.nz|access-date=15 February 2010}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London and at the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] in Manchester and the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] in Melbourne.<ref name=oly />

Hopping taught [[Physical Education]] at Rangitoto College on [[Auckland]]'s North Shore and coaches the school's 1st XI.  He left that to join TigerTurf, New Zealand's only Synthetic Sports Surface manufacturer, on a part-time basis in 2006 and full-time since 2011. After retiring from Hockey, Blair now helps to upgrade and build new Hockey surfaces in New Zealand.

==International senior tournaments==
* 2001 &ndash; [[2001 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier|World Cup Qualifier]]
* 2002 &ndash; [[2002 Men's Hockey World Cup|World Cup]]
* 2002 &ndash; [[2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
* 2003 &ndash; Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
* 2003 &ndash; [[2003 Men's Champions Challenge (field hockey)|Champions Challenge]]
* 2004 &ndash; Olympic Qualifying Tournament
* 2004 &ndash; [[Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
* 2004 &ndash; [[2004 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)|Champions Trophy]]
* 2005 &ndash; Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
* 2006 &ndash; [[2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
* 2006 &ndash; [[2006 Men's World Hockey Cup|Hockey World Cup]]
* 2007 &ndash; [[2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge|Champions Challenge]]
* 2008 &ndash; [[Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
* 2012 &ndash; [[Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:New Zealand male field hockey players]]
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[[Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand]]
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