Crista Cullen
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| Born | 20 August 1985 Boston, Lincolnshire, England |
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| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
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| Country |  United Kingdom  England |
| Sport | Hockey |
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Crista "Chay" Kerio Cullen (born 20 August 1985 in Boston, Lincolnshire) is an English field hockey player.
Sport
Cullen made her senior international debut for England in 2003. She was part of the Great Britain squad which won Bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, as well as the England squad that won Bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[1] She was named in the International Hockey federation World Star XI following the 2006 Hockey World Cup, as well as 2006 Great Britain Hockey Athlete of the Year and Hockey Writers' 2005 and 2006 UK Hockey Player of the Year.[2] She retired from international hockey after the 2012 Summer Olympics, aged 27. She earned 171 international caps.[3][4]
She has played club hockey for Leicester, based at the Stoneygate Preparatory School in Great Glen.[5][6]
Personal life
Cullen attended the independent Oakham School in Rutland. She then gained 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 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. Her brother Gray Cullen played junior rugby for England and in 2009 debuted for the Kenya national rugby union team.[7]
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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
- People educated at Oakham School
- 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
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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