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howick , auckland , new zealand lightsteelblue 9 march 1972 anna lawrence
 anna lawrence
anna lawrence

anna josephine lawrence -lrb- born 9 march 1972 in howick , auckland -rrb- is a former field hockey midfielder from new zealand , who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney .
lawrence was educated at diocesan school for girls in auckland and moved to christchurch in 1990 .
she played inside left or right , and competed for amsterdam in the dutch league since 1997 .
she was canterbury winter sportsperson of the year in 1998 and has played for `` the black sticks '' since 1990 , and captained the team from 1996-2000 .
she won a bronze medal at the 1998 commonwealth games in kuala lumpur .
lawrence formerly worked in marketing with the auckland rugby union .
her current position is national sponsorship manager at lion nathan new zealand .
