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| updated = 30 July 2012 }} Kathrin Louise Richardson-Walsh MBE (''née'' Walsh born 9 May 1980) is an English field hockey player. She is currently the captain for Great Britain and England.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kate Richardson-Walsh Bio, Stats, and Results )〕 As an active sports person she is twice a winner of the ''Hockey Writers Club UK Player of the Year'' and then in 2003 she was shortlisted for the ''World Player of the Year Award'' and the in 2007 she was named ''Great Britain Hockey Athlete of the Year''. Richardson-Walsh was born in Withington, Manchester. She made both her England and Great Britain debuts in 1999 and has since gone on to play at the full range of international tournaments including three Summer Olympics, four Hockey World Cups and four Commonwealth Games.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kate Richardson-Walsh - GB Hockey )〕 As a defender she has twice won medals at international tournaments at her hometown of Manchester — silver at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and bronze at the 2007 EuroHockey Nations Championships. In 2012 Summer Olympics, Walsh was hit by a stick in the team's opening match against Japan and suffered a broken jaw, which was expected to end her journey in Olympic games, however after missing two matches she returned to play in their penultimate group game against China. She has played club hockey for Reading in the England Hockey League Premier Division.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EHL statistics )〕 Walsh married Great Britain and England teammate Helen Richardson and both changed their last name after. Richardson-Walsh was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to hockey.〔(2015 New Year Honours List )〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kate Richardson-Walsh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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