View source for Kate Richardson-Walsh

[[File:Kate-Walsh.jpg|thumb|Kate Richardson-Walsh]]'''Kate Richardson-Walsh''' (Kathrin Louise Richardson-Walsh, née Walsh, born 1980) is captain of the England and Great Britain hockey teams.

She was born in [[Withington]], [[Manchester]]. She plays for [[Reading]] Hockey Club, and has represented her country many times. In the London 2012 Olympic Games she was hit by a stick in the team's opening match against Japan and suffered a broken jaw, but after missing two matches she returned to play in Great Britain's penultimate group game against China.

In 2013 she had a civil partnership with fellow hockey player [[Helen Richardson]] and both changed their last name to Richardson-Walsh.<ref name="Wright 2013">http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/readings-olympic-hockey-stars-helen-5836145 David Wright, "Reading's Olympic hockey stars Helen Richardson and Kate Walsh to marry" ''Get Reading'' 4 September 2013</ref> The couple were listed at number 82 in the [[Pink List 2013]]. The citation said:
:"Just over a year after they helped Great Britain win its first Olympic women’s hockey medal in 20 years, team captain Kate Walsh and midfielder Helen Richardson got married in September. Maidenhead-based Richardson is studying psychology and Walsh was voted onto the European Athletes’ Commission earlier this month."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-independent-on-sundays-pink-list-2013-8876183.html</ref>

==References==
{{stub}}
<references>

[[Category:Pink List 2013|82]]
[[Category:Hockey players]]
[[Category:Olympians]]
[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]