Helen Richardson


Country
Birth date
Age
23/09/1981 - HITCHIN (GBR) 
31
Height
Weight
Gender
165 cm / 5'5" 
54 kg / 119 lbs 
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Sport
Team
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RankEventYearLocation
Olympic Games
6Women2008Beijing, CHN
8Women2000Sydney, NSW, AUS
World Cup
3Women2010Rosario, ARG
Champions Trophy
2Women2012Rosario, ARG
3Women2010Nottingham, GBR
5Women2011Amstelveen, NED
6Women2009Sydney, NSW, AUS
EuroHockey Nations Championships
3Women2011Monchengladbach, GER
3Women2009Amstelveen, NED

Nickname

Richo (englandhockey.co.uk, 25 Sep 2007)

Hobbies

Watching or playing any sport, going to the cinema and eating out. (GB Hockey Media Guide 2008)

Occupation

Athlete

Education

Fitness and Exercise Management

Language(s) spoken

English

Club name

Reading, Reading, GBR

Coach

Simon Letchford [club], Danny Kerry [national] (englandhockey.co.uk, 10 Nov 2011; greatbritainhockey.co.uk, 23 Dec 2011)

Position and style

Midfield (Planet Field Hockey, 24 Jul 2002)

Handedness

Right (Athlete, 24 Jul 2009)

Other sports

Her brothers Andrew and Steven have both played hockey in the English National League Premier Division. (wbhockey.co.uk, 11 Aug 2009)

Debut

1999 for England, against Japan (englandhockey.co.uk, 12 Dec 2010)

Injuries

She was out of competition for two years between January 2003 and January 2005 after having three operations on her ankle. (GB Hockey Media Guide 2008)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She first played hockey at age seven at West Bridgford Hockey Club. (Athlete, 24 Jul 2009)

Reason for taking up this sport
She joined a hockey club with her three older brothers and her father played. (Athlete, 24 Jul 2009)

Ambitions
To become Olympic and world champion. (GB Hockey Media Guide, 2008)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning bronze at the 2010 World Cup in Rosario, Argentina. (Athlete, 03 Jul 2011)

Hero
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (Athlete, 03 Jul 2011)

Most influential person in career
Her family and her surgeon. (Athlete, 03 Jul 2011)

Superstitions / Rituals
She tries to be the last person on the pitch before the match. (thisislondon.co.uk, 20 Jul 2011)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"The difference between a successful person and another is not a lack of strength or knowledge but rather a lack of will." (Athlete, 03 Jul 2011)

Awards
She was named in the International Hockey Federation's [FIH] All Star team in 2009, 2010 and 2011. (fih.ch, 22 Dec 2011)

She was named Great Britain Hockey's Player of the Year in 2010. (news.bbc.co.uk, 19 Aug 2011)

At age 18 in 2000 she became the youngest female hockey player to represent Great Britain at the Olympic Games. (englandhockey.co.uk, 12 Dec 2010)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Sydney 2000


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