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{{short description|New Zealand field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name = Kayla Whitelock
|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=100%}}
|image = Kayla Whitelock MNZM (cropped).jpg
|alt =
|caption = Whitelock in 2020
|birth_name = Kayla Marie Sharland
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|10|30|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Palmerston North]], New Zealand
|module = {{Infobox field hockey player | embed=yes
|height = 1.74 m<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.london2012.com/athlete/sharland-kayla-1124938/ |title= Kayla Sharland - London 2012 Olympics |access-date= 10 August 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120801080405/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/sharland-kayla-1124938/ |archive-date= 1 August 2012 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|weight = 72 kg
|position = Midfield
|clubs1 = Central Mysticks
|years1 = 
|nationalteam1 = [[New Zealand women's national field hockey team|New Zealand]]
|nationalyears1 = 2003–
|nationalcaps(goals)1 = 213
|nationalgoals1 = 52
|updated = 24 April 2014 (national)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/240414%20BSW%20Caps.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140626051330/http://hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/240414%20BSW%20Caps.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 26 June 2014 |title= New Zealand Hockey Representatives - Women |publisher= Hockey New Zealand |date= 24 April 2014 |access-date= 14 June 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/240414%20BSW%20Goal%20Scorers.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140626015254/http://hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/240414%20BSW%20Goal%20Scorers.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 26 June 2014 |title= New Zealand Goal Scorers - Women |publisher= Hockey New Zealand |date= 24 April 2014 |access-date= 14 June 2014 }}</ref>
}}
|medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[field hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|[[Hockey at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]]|[[Hockey at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Hockey Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2011 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy|2011 Amstelveen]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Champions Challenge (field hockey)|Champions Challenge]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 Women's Champions Challenge (field hockey)|2005 Virginia Beach]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2009 Cape Town]]|}}
}}
'''Kayla Marie Whitelock''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (née '''Sharland''', born 30 October 1985) is a New Zealand [[field hockey]] player, and former [[captain (sports)|captain]] of the [[New Zealand women's national field hockey team]] (the ''Black Sticks Women'').<ref name="HockeyNZprofile">{{cite web|title=Kayla Sharland - Profile |url=http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/kaylasharland/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223014511/http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/kaylasharland/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2013 |publisher=Hockey New Zealand |access-date=10 August 2012 }}</ref> She has competed in four  Olympic Games ([[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]], [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]], [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012]], and [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]), three Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010, and 2014) and two Hockey World Cups (2010 and 2014). She was named on the FIH's All-Star Team in 2010 and was Hockey New Zealand's player of the year in 2012.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Glasgow 2014 - Kayla Whitelock Profile|url = http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/hockey/1025692/kayla_whitelock.html|website = g2014results.thecgf.com|access-date = 6 January 2016}}</ref>

==Biography==
Whitelock was born in [[Palmerston North]], and is of [[Rangitāne]] descent.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tipene-Leach |first=Oriini |date=31 July 2014 |title=Day 7: Update on our Māori athletes in Glasgow |publisher=Television New Zealand |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/te-karere-news/day-7-update-our-m-ori-athletes-in-glasgow-6042437 |access-date=3 August 2014}}</ref> She married [[Crusaders (rugby)|Crusaders]] rugby player [[George Whitelock]] in December 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lampp |first=Peter |date=17 December 2013 |title=Sharland warns of attrition |newspaper=Manawatu Standard |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/sport/9526303/Sharland-warns-of-attrition |access-date=14 June 2014}}</ref>

Whitelock took up hockey at the age of seven, as her school only played hockey, not her preferred sport, netball.<ref name=":0" />

In the [[2020 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2020 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Whitelock was appointed a [[Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to hockey.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 June 2020 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2020 |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2020 |access-date=1 June 2020 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet}}</ref>

==International senior competitions==
* 2003 &ndash; [[2003 Women's Champions Challenge (field hockey)|Champions Challenge]], Catania.
* 2004 &ndash; [[2004 Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier|Olympic Qualifying Tournament]], Auckland.
* 2004 &ndash; [[Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], Athens.
* 2004 &ndash; [[2004 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]], Rosario.
* 2005 &ndash; [[2005 Women's Champions Challenge (field hockey)|Champions Challenge]], Virginia Beach.
* 2006 &ndash; [[2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]], Melbourne
* 2006 &ndash; [[2006 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier|World Cup Qualifier]], Rome
* 2008 &ndash; [[Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], Beijing

==References==
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==External links==
* {{sports links}}

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