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She made her senior international debut for the England women's national field hockey team in 2003. Also, she was named in the International Hockey federation World Star XI following the World Cup, as well as 2006 Great Britain Hockey Athlete of the Year and Hockey Writers' Club Player of the Year. She participated in the team which won Bronze at the [[Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Melbourne]]. She is currently playing for Leicester Hockey Club, which is based at the [http://www.stoneygateschool.co.uk Stoneygate] [[Preparatory school (UK)|Preparatory School]] in [[Great Glen, Leicestershire|Great Glen]]. |
She made her senior international debut for the England women's national field hockey team in 2003. Also, she was named in the International Hockey federation World Star XI following the World Cup, as well as 2006 Great Britain Hockey Athlete of the Year and Hockey Writers' Club Player of the Year. She participated in the team which won Bronze at the [[Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Melbourne]]. She is currently playing for Leicester Hockey Club, which is based at the [http://www.stoneygateschool.co.uk Stoneygate] [[Preparatory school (UK)|Preparatory School]] in [[Great Glen, Leicestershire|Great Glen]]. |
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Cullen is currently an Athlete Ambassador for [[Right To Play]], the world's leading sports for development charity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Right To Play: Meet Our Athletes|url=http://www.righttoplay.com/uk/the-team/Pages/MeetOurAthletes.aspx}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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.jpg) Rachel Walker, Crista Cullen and Beth Storry | ||
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Representing  England
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Crista ("Chay") Kerio Cullen (born 20 August 1985 in Boston, Lincolnshire) is an English field hockey player fullback.
Early life
Her father was a golfer and her mother played professional squash. She first played hockey aged nine, when living in Kenya until she was twelve. Her parents still live in Kenya where they run the Hemingways hotel near Watamu. She boarded at the independent Oakham School in Rutland. She then studied for a BA in Business Studies (Strategy & Entrepreneurship) at the Nottingham Business School, gaining a 2.1 in 2006. She works as a Business Development Consultant for The Kennel Club. Her brother Gray Cullen played junior rugby for England and in 2009 debuted for the Kenya national rugby union team.[1]
Sport
She made her senior international debut for the England women's national field hockey team in 2003. Also, she was named in the International Hockey federation World Star XI following the World Cup, as well as 2006 Great Britain Hockey Athlete of the Year and Hockey Writers' Club Player of the Year. She participated in the team which won Bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. She is currently playing for Leicester Hockey Club, which is based at the Stoneygate Preparatory School in Great Glen.
Charity Work
Cullen is currently an Athlete Ambassador for Right To Play, the world's leading sports for development charity.[2]
References
- ^ The Standard (Kenya), 9 July 2009: Kenya overcome Senegal to advance
- ^ "Right To Play: Meet Our Athletes".
External links
Video clips
- Her guide to hockey (BBC) in 2008
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- English field hockey players
- Female field hockey players
- People from Boston, Lincolnshire
- Old Oakhamians
- Alumni of Nottingham Trent University
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England