Crista Cullen

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Not to be confused with Tina Cullen.

Crista Cullen

Rachel Walker, Crista Cullen and Beth Storry.

Personal information

Born

20 August 1985

Height

1.82 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)

Weight

75 kg (165 lb)

Sport

Country

United Kingdom

Sport

Hockey

Medal record

Olympic Games
Bronze	2012 London	Team
European Championship
Bronze	2007 Manchester	Team
Bronze	2011 Gladbach	Team
Champions Trophy
Silver	2012 Rosario	Team
Commonwealth Games
Bronze	2006 Melbourne	Team

Updated on 30 July 2012.

Crista ("Chay") Kerio Cullen (born 20 August 1985 in Boston, Lincolnshire) is an English field hockey player fullback.

Early life

Cullen's 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. She boarded at the independent Oakham School in Rutland. She then studied for 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 brother Gray Cullen played junior rugby for England and in 2009 debuted for the Kenya national rugby union team.^[1]

Sport

Cullen made her senior international debut for the England women's national field hockey team in 2003. Also, she was named in the International Hockey federation World Star XI following the World Cup, as well as 2006 Great Britain Hockey Athlete of the Year and Hockey Writers' Club Player of the Year. She participated in the team which won Bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. She is currently playing for Leicester Hockey Club, which is based at the Stoneygate Preparatory School in Great Glen.

References

↑ The Standard (Kenya), 9 July 2009: Kenya overcome Senegal to advance

External links

Video clips

Her guide to hockey (BBC) in 2008

v t e England squad – 2006 Commonwealth Games

1 Reid 2 Storry 3 Wooding 5 Cullen 6 Clewlow 7 Grant 8 Richardson (c) 10 Wright 11 Walsh 13 Bimson 15 Danson 20 Ellis 22 Gilliat-Smith 25 Hartley 26 Herbert 27 Rogers Coach: Kerry

v t e England squad – 2006 FIH World Cup Qualifier

1 Reid 2 Storry 3 Wooding 5 Cullen 6 Clewlow 7 Grant 8 Richardson (c) 10 Wright 11 Walsh 13 Bimson 14 Walker 15 Danson 18 Walton 20 Ellis 21 Scott 22 Gilliat-Smith 26 Herbert 27 Rogers Coach: Kerry

v t e England squad – 2006 FIH World Cup

1 Roberts 2 Storry 3 Wooding 5 Cullen 6 Clewlow 7 Grant 8 Richardson 9 Joanne Ellis 10 Wright 11 Walsh (c) 12 Rogers 13 Bimson 14 Walker 15 Danson 17 Herbert 18 Walton 21 Jo Ellis 23 Williams Coach: Kerry

v t e England squad – 2007 European Nations Cup

1 Roberts 2 Storry 5 Cullen 6 Clewlow 8 Richardson 9 Ellis 10 Wright 11 Walsh (c) 12 Rogers 13 Bimson 14 Walker 15 Danson 17 Herbert 18 Walton 19 Macleod 22 Gilliat-Smith 23 Williams 28 Panter Coach: Kerry

v t e Great Britain squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 6th place

2 Storry 3 Wooding 4 Panter 5 Cullen 6 Clewlow 7 Craddock 8 Richardson 9 Joanne Ellis 10 Wright 11 Walsh (c) 12 Rogers 13 Bimson 14 Walker 15 Danson 18 Thomas 19 Bartlett 22 Jo Ellis Coach: Kerry

v t e Great Britain squad – 2012 Champions Trophy

1 Storry 3 Maguire 4 Unsworth 5 Cullen 6 Macleod 7 Panter 8 Richardson 9 Seymour 11 Walsh 12 Rogers 14 Bartlett 15 Danson 18 Twigg 22 Ball 23 Walton 24 Walker 28 White 29 Thomas Coach: Kerry

v t e Great Britain squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal

1 Storry 3 Maguire 4 Unsworth 5 Cullen 6 Macleod 7 Panter 8 Richardson 11 Walsh 12 Rogers 14 Bartlett 15 Danson 18 Twigg 22 Ball 23 Walton 28 White 29 Thomas Coach: Kerry

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Name	Cullen, Crista
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Short description	Field hockey player
Date of birth	20 August 1985
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