Lizzy Igasan

Elizabeth Jane "Lizzy" Igasan[1]  (born 16 September 1982)[2]  is a New Zealand field hockey player who was captain of the national team and a participant in the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.[3] [4]



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[hide]  *1 Early life  ==Early life[ edit] == Igasan was born in Whangarei and attended Whangarei Girls' High School and Rangitoto College.[2]  She grew up with her mother, two sisters, Connie and Mary-Anne, and a brother, James.[2]  Her parents separated when she was four years' old.[2] ==Field hockey[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Igasan is a penalty corner specialist and defender,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  and plays for North Harbour in the New Zealand Hockey League.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-eliminated_4-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]  She played her first game in the New Zealand women's national field hockey team in 2001,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-eliminated_4-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4] and, after playing in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but being unavailable for the World Cup qualifying tournament,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  was chosen as captain of the team for the 2008 Summer Olympics.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]
 * 2 Field hockey
 * 3 Other activities
 * 4 References

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">She won the New Zealand women's Player of the Year award in 2004, 2005 and 2008.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-eliminated_4-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4] ==Other activities<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Igasan was a participant in Dancing with the Stars 2009 alongside Geraldine Brophy, Rebecca Hobbs and Barbara Kendall,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  and partnering Cody Stephens, but was eliminated in week two,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-eliminated_4-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]  the first contestant of the season to be eliminated.