New Zealand at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

New Zealand (abbreviated NZL) sent a team of 200 competitors and 102 officials to the 2002 Commonwealth Games, which were held at Manchester, England. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Sarah Ulmer, and at the closing ceremony was Nigel Avery.

New Zealand at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Manchester, England
Competitors	200
Flag bearers	Opening: Sarah Ulmer Closing: Nigel Avery
Officials	102
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 11 Silver 13 Bronze 21 Total 45
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

New Zealand has competed in every Games, starting with the first British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
New Zealand	11	13	21	45

Gold

Athletics:

Beatrice Faumuina, women's discus throw

Cycling:

Greg Henderson, men's points race

Sarah Ulmer, women's individual pursuit

Lawn bowls:

Joanna Edwards, Sharon Sims, women's pairs

Rugby sevens:

Craig De Goldi, Brad Fleming, Chris Masoe, Mils Muliaina, Craig Newby, Roger Randle, Bruce Reihana, Eric Rush, Rodney So'oialo, Karl Te Nana, Anthony Tuitavake, Amasio Valence, men's rugby sevens

Shooting:

Teresa Borrell, Nadine Stanton, women's double trap (pairs)

Squash:

Carol Owens, Leilani Joyce, women's doubles

Leilani Joyce, Glen Wilson, mixed doubles

Table tennis:

Chunli Li, women's singles

Weightlifting:

Nigel Avery, men's +105kg clean & jerk

Nigel Avery, men's +105kg total

Silver

Athletics:

Craig Barrett, men's 50km walk

Philip Jensen, men's hammer throw

Valerie Vili, women's shot put

Badminton:

Nicole Gordon, Sara Petersen, women's doubles

Cycling:

Susy Pryde, women's cross country

Hockey:

Ryan Archibald, Michael Bevin, Phil Burrows, Dean Couzins, Dion Gosling, Bevan Hari, Blair Hopping, David Kosoof, Wayne McIndoe, Umesh Parag, Mitesh Patel, Hayden Shaw, Darren Smith, Peter Stafford, Simon Towns, Paul Woolford, men's hockey

Netball:

Sheryl Clarke, Jenny-May Coffin, Belinda Colling, Vilimaina Davu, Donna Loffhagen, Lesley Nicol, Anna Rowberry, Julie Seymour, Irene Van Dyk, Anna Veronese, Daneka Wipiiti, women's netball

Shooting:

Nadine Stanton, women's double trap

Squash:

Carol Owens, women's singles

Swimming:

Elizabeth Van Welie, women's 400m individual medley

Table tennis:

Chunli Li, Karen Li, women's doubles

Weightlifting:

Nigel Avery, men's +105kg snatch

Olivia Baker, women's +75kg snatch

Bronze

Badminton:

Geoff Bellingham, Chris Blair, John Gordon, Nicole Gordon, Rebecca Gordon, Tammy Jenkins, Rhona Robertson, Sara Petersen, Daniel Shirley, mixed team event

Sara Petersen, Daniel Shirley, mixed doubles

Boxing:

Shane Cameron, men's 81-91kg (heavyweight)

Danny Codling, men's 64-69kg (welterweight)

Cycling:

Greg Henderson, Matthew Randall, Hayden Roulston, Lee Vertongen, men's team pursuit

Judo:

Tim Slyfield, men's 73-81kg (half-middleweight)

Lawn bowls:

Marlene Castle, women's singles

Wendy Jensen, Patsy Jorgensen, Jan Khan, Anne Lomas, women's fours

Mike Kernaghan, men's singles

Shooting:

Diane Collings, Open fullbore

Tania Corrigan, Jocelyn Lees, women's 25m pistol (pairs)

Juliet Etherington, women's 50m prone rifle

Jocelyn Lees, women's 25m Pistol

Swimming:

Toni Jeffs, women's 50m freestyle

Table tennis:

Peter Jackson, Chunli Li, mixed doubles

Chunli Li, Karen Li, Tracey McLauchlan, Laura-Lee Smith, women's team

Triathlon:

Hamish Carter, men's individual

Weightlifting:

Olivia Baker, women's +75kg clean & jerk

Olivia Baker, women's +75kg total

Terry Hughes, men's 62kg clean & jerk

Terry Hughes, men's 62kg total

New Zealand's team at the Games

Athletics

Men's competition

• Michael Aish
• Craig Barrett
• Phil Costley
• John Henwood
• Philip Jensen
• Craig Kirkwood
• Dallas Roberts
• Tony Sargisson
• Jonathan Wyatt

Women's competition

• Valerie Adams
• Jane Arnott
• Chantal Brunner
• Beatrice Faumuina
• Gabrielle Gorst
• Melina Hamilton
• Tasha Williams

Field hockey

Men's team competition

• Ryan Archibald
• Michael Bevin
• Phil Burrows
• Dean Couzins
• Dion Gosling
• Bevan Hari
• Blair Hopping
• David Kosoof
• Wayne McIndoe
• Umesh Parag
• Mitesh Patel
• Hayden Shaw
• Darren Smith
• Peter Stafford
• Simon Towns
• Paul Woolford

Women's team competition

• Sandy Bennett
• Helen Clarke
• Tara Drysdale
• Paula Enoka
• Amanda Christie
• Anne-Marie Irving
• Caryn Paewai
• Suzie Pearce
• Jaimee Provan
• Niniwa Roberts
• Rachel Robertson
• Moira Senior
• Colleen Gubb-Suddaby
• Rachel Sutherland
• Michelle Turner
• Diana Weavers

Judo

Men's competition

• Gareth Knight
• Andrew Ross
• Timothy Slyfield

Women's competition

• Mellissa Jones
• Elinore Stallworthy
• Rochelle Stormont

Shooting

(incomplete)

Men's competition

• Mike Collings
• Greg Yelavich

Women's competition

• Teresa Borrell
• Diane Collings
• Tania Corrigan,
• Juliet Etherington
• Jocelyn Lees
• Nadine Stanton

Swimming

Men's competition

• Moss Burmester
• Cameron Gibson
• Dean Kent
• Nicholas Sheeran
• Jonathan Winter

Women's competition

• Charlotte Glynan
• Melissa Ingram
• Toni Jeffs
• Hannah Mclean
• Vivienne Rignall
• Anna Thomas
• Elizabeth Van Welie

See also

• New Zealand Olympic Committee
• New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
• New Zealand at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• New Zealand at the 2004 Summer Olympics

External links

• NZOC website on the 2002 games
• Commonwealth Games Federation website