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{{Short description|New Zealand field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2010}}

'''Richard Petherick''' (born 4 April 1986) is a field hockey player from New Zealand. While at [[Hamilton Boys' High School]] Petherick played for regional and national representative teams. He earned his first cap for the national men's team, [[nickname]]d ''The Black Sticks'', in 2005 against [[Malaysia]]. He also gained selection for both the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament in May and for the European tour in July.

Petherick travelled as a reserve to the [[Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics]] but did not compete.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Petherick|date=9 February 2016 |url=http://olympic.org.nz/athletes/richard-petherick/|publisher=[[New Zealand Olympic Committee]]|access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> He competed for New Zealand at the [[Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Richard Petherick |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/richard-petherick-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122203/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/richard-petherick-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |access-date=2016-02-17}}</ref>

==International senior tournaments==
* 2005 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
* 2006 – [[2006 Men's Hockey World Cup|World Cup]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10391819 |title=World Cup squad named |date=18 July 2006 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=6 July 2010}}</ref>

==Life now==
Petherick now teaches PE at [[Overseas Family School]] in [[Singapore]]<ref>{{Cite web | title=Overseas Family School - OFS - IB International School in Singapore | url=https://ofs.edu.sg | access-date=2025-03-25 | website=ofs.edu.sg}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{sports links}}
* [http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/richardpetherick/ Athlete profile]

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[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:New Zealand male field hockey players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand]]
[[Category:2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players]]
[[Category:2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand]]
[[Category:People educated at Hamilton Boys' High School]]
[[Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen]]


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