Notes

"Be inspired by this collection of true stories about 50 remarkable Kiwi sports heroes: people who have set goals, aimed high and achieved their dreams. Some changed their sport. Some changed the world. Will you be next?

"The stories in Good Sports: a storybook of Kiwi sports heroes are not comprehensive biographies; they are creative non-fiction pieces written to inspire the imagination of a young audience"--Colophon.

Anne Audain, runner
Anthony Wilding, tennis player
Barbara Kendall, windsurfer – Charisma, eventing champion
Cox family, footballers
Danyon Loader, swimmer
Dave Letele, boxer
Denny Hulme, motor racing driver
Eliza McCartney, pole vaulter
Erin Baker, triathlete
Eve Rimmer, track and field athlete, swimmer
Gala Baumfield, skateboarder, Karate black belt
George Nepia, rugby player
Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell, rowers
Hamish Carter, triathlete
Honey Hireme-Smiler, rugby player, rugby league player
Israel Adesanya, mixed martial artist
Ivan Mauger, speedway rider
Sir John Kirwan, rugby player
Kane Williamson, cricketer
Dame Lisa Carrington, canoeist
Louisa Wall, netballer, rugby player
Lydia Ko, golfer
Mark Sorenson, softballer
Mary Fisher, swimmer
Matahi Brightwell, Waka Ama legend
Meda McKenzie, long-distance swimmer
Dame Naomi James, sailor
Nathan Fa'avae, adventure racer
Nick Chisholm, bodybuilder
Olsen Filipaina, rugby league player
Sir Peter Blake, sailor
Sir Peter Snell, runner
Portia Woodman, rugby player
Precious McKenzie, weightlifter
Ramesh Patel, hockey player
Sir Richard Hadlee, cricketer
Sarah Walker, BMX rider
Sean Marks, basketballer
Sophie Devine, cricketer, hockey player
Stephen Donald, rugby player
Sulu Fitzpatrick, netballer
Dame Susan Devoy, squash player
Sybil Lupp, motor racing driver
Dame Valerie Adams, shot putter
William Trubridge, freediver
Wynton Rufer, footballer
Dame Yvette Williams, track and field athlete, basketballer, netballer
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, snowboarder