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Kate Richardson-Walsh

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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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Birth Year
1980 1
Birth Date
1980-05-09 1
Nationality
English 1
Career Highlight
Captained the Great Britain women's hockey team to its first Olympic gold medal, undefeated, in 2016 1
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Competition Category
Team 1
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1. Kate Richardson-Walsh - Wikipedia
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    Kate Louise Richardson-Walsh (nee Walsh; born 9 May 1980) is an Olympic Gold and Bronze Medal-winning English field hockey player.
  • Lead paragraph, birth date clause
    Kate Louise Richardson-Walsh (nee Walsh; born 9 May 1980) is an Olympic Gold and Bronze Medal-winning English field hockey player.
  • Lead paragraph, nationality clause
    Kate Louise Richardson-Walsh (nee Walsh; born 9 May 1980) is an Olympic Gold and Bronze Medal-winning English field hockey player.
  • Career section, 2016 Olympics sentence
    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.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    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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