Samantha Child

Samantha Child (née Charlton, born 7 December 1991) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the Black Sticks Women), including for the team at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Samantha Child
Child in 2021
Personal information
Born (1991-12-07) 7 December 1991
Wellington, New Zealand
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Midlands
Senior career
Years Team
2009 Midlands
2010 Canterbury
2011- Midlands
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2024 New Zealand 277 (9)
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's field hockey
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastTeam
2014 GlasgowTeam
Oceania Cup
2019 Rockhampton
2017 Sydney
2023 Whangārei

Life

Born in Wellington, Charlton spent most of her formative years living in Tauranga and attended Otumoetai College.[7] As of August 2012, she resides in Auckland, where she is a student at Massey University in Albany.[1][2]

She was part of the New Zealand teams that won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[5]

Overall, she competed in more than 250 games for New Zealand.[5]

She married fellow New Zealand hockey player Marcus Child.[5]

She participated at the 2020 Women's FIH Pro League.[8]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 October 2013Stratford, New Zealand Papua New Guinea6–025–02013 Women's Oceania Cup
2.3 November 2013 Samoa4–026–0
3.25–0
4.11 October 2017Sydney, Australia Papua New Guinea30–033–02017 Women's Oceania Cup
5.6 April 2018Gold Coast, Australia Ghana3–012–02018 Commonwealth Games

References
  1. "Sam Charlton – Hockey New Zealand". Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  2. "Samantha Charlton – London 2012 Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  3. "New Zealand Hockey Representatives – Women". Hockey New Zealand. 24 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  4. "New Zealand Goal Scorers – Women". Hockey New Zealand. 24 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  5. "Samantha Charlton". New Zealand Olympic Team. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  6. "Samantha Charlton at Olympics.com". olympics.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  7. Lang, Martin (17 September 2008). "Tauranga teen faces testing debut". Bay of Plenty Times. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  8. "Team Details New Zealand". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. p. 8.


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