Maurice Marquet
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Maurice Allan Marquet (born 3 February 1954) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished seventh at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Marquet is a teacher and coaches hockey.
Maurice Allan Marquet was born on 3 February 1954 in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1] He grew up in his birth city[2] and attended Linwood High School.[3] He played hockey, always as a goalkeeper, for a variety of clubs. He moved to Auckland in 1976 and played for their provincial team. He first represented New Zealand in hockey in 1977.[2] He was chosen to represent New Zealand at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but did not go due to the Olympics boycott.[4] Both he and his wife were teachers and in 1981, they moved to Lawrence for employment reasons. The intention was to join a hockey club in Dunedin some 90 kilometres (56 mi) away.[5] Shortly after he announced his retirement over injury concerns, though.[2]
By mid-1982, Marquet played for Otago's provincial team, announcing that he had overcome his injury concerns.[6] By September 1982, Marquet was back in the national team.[7] By November 1982, he had applied for teaching positions at three Canterbury schools.[8] By mid-1983, Marquet still played for Otago but had another knee injury.[9]
In May 1984, Marquet—still playing for Otago—was selected for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[10] He became New Zealand Olympian number 467 and the team came in seventh place at the Olympics.[11]
In 1996, he was co-coach for the South Canterbury hockey team from Timaru.[12] Three years later, he had been promoted to be the team's coach.[13] In 1999, he was a teacher at Waimate High School.[14] As of 2025, he is a teacher at Murchison Area School.[15]
