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Samantha Child (née Charlton, born 7 December 1991) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the Black Sticks Women), including for the team at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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Life
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Born in Wellington, Charlton spent most of her formative years living in Tauranga and attended Otumoetai College.[7] As of August 2012[update], she resides in Auckland, where she is a student at Massey University in Albany.[1][2]
She was part of the New Zealand teams that won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[5]
Overall, she competed in more than 250 games for New Zealand.[5]
She married fellow New Zealand hockey player Marcus Child.[5]
She participated at the 2020 Women's FIH Pro League.[8]
International goals
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 31 October 2013 | Stratford, New Zealand |  Papua New Guinea |
6–0 | 25–0 | 2013 Women's Oceania Cup |
| 2. | 3 November 2013 |  Samoa |
4–0 | 26–0 | ||
| 3. | 25–0 | |||||
| 4. | 11 October 2017 | Sydney, Australia | Papua New Guinea |
30–0 | 33–0 | 2017 Women's Oceania Cup |
| 5. | 6 April 2018 | Gold Coast, Australia |  Ghana |
3–0 | 12–0 | 2018 Commonwealth Games |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Sam Charlton – Hockey New Zealand". Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Samantha Charlton – London 2012 Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ "New Zealand Hockey Representatives – Women". Hockey New Zealand. 24 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ "New Zealand Goal Scorers – Women". Hockey New Zealand. 24 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Samantha Charlton". New Zealand Olympic Team. 9 February 2016. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Samantha Charlton at Olympics.com". olympics.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Lang, Martin (17 September 2008). "Tauranga teen faces testing debut". Bay of Plenty Times. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "Team Details New Zealand". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. p. 8.
External links
[edit]- Samantha Charlton at the International Hockey Federation
- Samantha Charlton at Olympics.com
- Samantha Charlton at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Samantha Charlton at Olympedia
- Samantha Charlton at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Samantha Charlton at InterSportStats
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