Meredith Orr
Meredith Dawn Orr (born 2 May 1978 in Whakatane) is a field hockey midfielder from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in sixth place with the Women's National Team. Orr made her international senior debut for the Black Sticks in 2001 against Korea in Wellington.

Orr attended Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland and then attended Massey University to complete her business degree. In 2006 Orr ruptured her ACL but returned to hockey seven months later to Captain the Canterbury Cats hockey team in the New Zealand Hockey League. In a continual effort to keep developing her game, Orr played for the NSW Arrows team in the 2007 Australian Hockey League.

Orr has over 110 caps for New Zealand. She was in the Black Sticks side which won the Oceania Cup in Queensland, Australia in September 2007 beating Australia in the final to qualify for the Beijing Olympics. She was included in the squad from which the team to represent New Zealand at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing was chosen.

International Competitions
 2001 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen
 2003 – Champions Challenge, Catania
 2004 – Olympic Qualifier, Auckland
 2004 – Olympic Games, Athens
 2004 – Champions Trophy, Rosario
 2005 – Champions Challenge, Virginia Beach

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1978 births
Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Living people
Massey University alumni
New Zealand female field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand
Sportspeople from Whakatāne
20th-century New Zealand women
21st-century New Zealand women