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Paul Douglas Ackerley (16 May 1949 – 3 May 2011) was a field hockey player, maths teacher and public servant from New Zealand.

Paul Ackerley

Personal information
Full name	Paul Douglas Ackerley
Born	(1949-05-16)16 May 1949 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	3 May 2011(2011-05-03) (aged 61) Wellington, New Zealand
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Team competition

He played field hockey at right half. He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1] He was selected for the 1980 Summer Olympics, but most sports in New Zealand boycotted the Moscow games so he did not compete. He had 25 international caps for New Zealand.

Ackerley was born in Dunedin but grew up in Ashburton. He graduated from the University of Canterbury, where he played in the Canterbury University hockey club in the late 1960s. He was a secondary school mathematics teacher at Linwood College, Christchurch and then head of the maths department at Awatapu College, Palmerston North. He transferred to the Education Ministry inspectorate, and then the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, where he was in the group that developed the NCEA. He joined Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) in 2004 as a senior advisor in coaching and volunteers.[2]

He coached the national woman's hockey team when they won a bronze at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia, and the Wellington women's team.[3]

Ackerley died in Wellington, New Zealand aged 61 on 3 May 2011 from skin cancer after a short illness.[4]

References

• Ultimate team player and gifted coach: Obituary in Dominion Post, 7 May 2011 page A26

External links

• Paul Ackerley at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
• Paul Ackerley at Olympedia

На других языках

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[de] Paul Ackerley

Paul Ackerley (* 16. Mai 1949 in Ashburton; † 3. Mai 2011 in Wellington) war ein neuseeländischer Hockeyspieler und -trainer, der bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 1976 in Montreal die Goldmedaille im Hockey gewann.

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- [en] Paul Ackerley

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[fr] Paul Ackerley

Paul Ackerley (né le 16 mai 1949 et mort le 3 mai 2011 à Wellington) est un joueur de hockey sur gazon néo-zélandais. Il participe aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1976 et remporte la médaille d'or de la compétition[1]. Il est également sélectionné pour les Jeux olympiques d'été de 1980 mais à la suite du boycott de la Nouvelle-Zélande de ces Jeux olympiques, il n'y participe pas. Il meurt le 3 mai 2011 d'un cancer de la peau à l'âge de 61 ans.

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[ru] Акерли, Пол

Пол Дуглас Акерли (англ. Paul Douglas Ackerley, 16 мая 1949, Ашбертон, Новая Зеландия — 3 мая 2011, Веллингтон, Новая Зеландия) — новозеландский хоккеист (хоккей на траве), полузащитник, тренер.

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