Kate Richardson-Walsh is an English field hockey player, born May 9, 1980, in Withington, Manchester. She was capped a record 375 times for England and Great Britain and captained the national team for 13 years, culminating in an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio Games after a bronze medal at London 2012. She became Great Britain most capped female field hockey player in February 2016, and her marriage to teammate Helen Richardson-Walsh made them the first same sex married couple to win Olympic medals together.
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Career HighlightCaptained the Great Britain women's hockey team to its first Olympic gold medal, undefeated, in 2016 1 Classification
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Kate Louise Richardson-Walsh (née Walsh; born 9 May 1980) is an Olympic Gold and Bronze Medal-winning English field hockey player.
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Kate Louise Richardson-Walsh (née Walsh; born 9 May 1980) is an Olympic Gold and Bronze Medal-winning English field hockey player.
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In 2016, Richardson-Walsh captained the women's hockey team to their first gold medal at an Olympics. The team was undefeated throughout the tournament, beating the Netherlands in the final on penalties.
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Kate Louise Richardson-Walsh (née Walsh; born 9 May 1980) is an Olympic Gold and Bronze Medal-winning English field hockey player.
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Kate Louise Richardson-Walsh (née Walsh; born 9 May 1980) is an Olympic Gold and Bronze Medal-winning English field hockey player.
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In 2012 Summer Olympics, Walsh was hit by a stick in the team's opening match against Japan and suffered a broken jaw, which was expected to end her journey in Olympic games.
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