Chay Crista Kerio Cullen, born on 20 August 1985, is an English field hockey player who made her senior international debut for England in 2003 and earned 171 international caps. She was part of the Great Britain squad that won bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and of the England squad that won bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. She retired from international hockey after the 2012 Games at the age of 27, came back in 2015 and was part of the unbeaten Great Britain team that won Olympic gold in Rio in 2016. She was named in the FIH World Star XI after the 2006 World Cup and was appointed MBE in 2017. She lived in Kenya until she was twelve and later founded Tofauti, a conservation charity for Africa.
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She was part of the Great Britain squad which won Bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
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Olympic Gold Medal-winning English field hockey player
Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, Hockey career, London 2012
She was part of the Great Britain squad which won Bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, Hockey career, Rio 2016
She came out of retirement in 2015 to join the Great Britain team for the 2016 Rio Olympics
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