Kate Walsh (hockey player)

Kate Walsh (hockey player)

Infobox Football biography
playername = Kate Walsh
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|5|9|df=yes
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Slough
clubnumber = 11
position = Defender

Kate Walsh is the field hockey captain for Great Britain and England. When she was 28 she had over 130 caps for England and 60 for Great Britain. As an active sports person she is twice a winner of the Hockey Writers Club UK Player of the Year and then in 2003 she was shortlisted for the World Player of the Year Award and the in 2007 she was named Great Britain Hockey Athlete of the Year. Kate made both her England and Great Britain debuts in 1999 and has since gone on to play at the full range of international tournaments – the 2000 and 2008 Olympics, two World Cups, three European Cups, two Champions Trophy, two Commonwealth Games and three Champions Challenge. [ Beijing Athelete Profiles [http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/AthleteProfile.aspx?id=6737#] ] [ Euro Hockey http://www.eurohockeymanchester2007.com/player-24.asp?section=0001000100080006 ] As a defender she has twice won medals at international tournaments at her hometown of Manchester — Silver at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and Bronze at the 2007 EuroHockey Nations Championships.

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