Sharon Creelman

Sharon Creelman (born April 27, 1964 in Windsor, Ontario) is a former field hockey player from Canada. Between 1982 and 1994, Creelman held 139 caps at the Women's Senior National Team.

Creelman captained the national side from 1987 to 1994, and played in three Olympic Games (1984, 1988 and 1992) and in four World Cups (1983, 1986, 1990 and 1994). After her career Creelman became a coach in the sport of field hockey; she was the head coach of Canada's Junior Team in the late 1990s. She then became a physical education teacher at Appleby College located in Oakville, Ontario.

International senior competitions

• 1983 – World Cup, Kuala Lumpur (Silver Medal)
• 1984 – Olympic Games, Los Angeles (5th)
• 1986 – World Cup, Amstelveen (Bronze Medal)
• 1987 — Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (4th)
• 1987 – Pan Am Games, Indianapolis (Bronze Medal)
• 1988 – Olympic Games, Seoul (6th)
• 1990 – World Cup, Sydney (10th)
• 1991 – Pan Am Games, Havana (Silver Medal)
• 1991 – Olympic Qualifier, Auckland (3rd)
• 1992 – Olympic Games, Barcelona (7th)
• 1993 – World Cup Qualifier, Philadelphia (3rd)
• 1994 – World Cup, Dublin (10th)

External links

• Profile on Fieldhockey Canada

Canada squads Canada squad – 1984 Summer Olympics 1 Lambert 2 Creelman 3 Major 4 Branchaud 5 Beecroft 6 Andrews 7 Stoyka 8 Ellis 9 Hewlett 10 Virjee 11 Wheatley 12 Bauer 13 Forshaw 14 Bayes 15 MacKinnon 16 Charlton Coach: Van der Merwe Canada squad – 1986 FIH World Cup 1 Bayes 2 Berube 3 Covey 4 Lyn 5 Branchaud 6 Andrews 7 Johnson 8 Ballantyne 9 Bauer 10 Schleppe 11 Conn 12 Czenczek 13 Forshaw 14 Charlton 15 Blaxland 16 Creelman Coach: Van der Merwe Canada squad – 1987 Champions Trophy 1 Bayes 2 Baker 3 Covey 4 Lyn 5 Branchaud 6 Levy 7 Johnson 8 Ballantyne 9 Audet 10 Schleppe 11 Conn 12 Czenczek 13 Cuncannon 14 Charlton 15 Blaxland 16 Creelman (c) Coach: Van der Merwe Canada squad – 1987 Pan American Games – Bronze medal Audet Baker Ballantyne Bayes Blaxland Branchaud Charlton Maureen Conn Michelle Conn Covey Creelman Czenczek Levy Lyn Johnson Schleppe Coach: Van der Merwe Canada squad – 1988 Summer Olympics 1 Bayes 2 Baker 3 Covey 4 Lyn 5 Branchaud 6 Levy 7 Johnson 8 Slade 9 Cooper 10 Schleppe 11 Conn 12 Czenczek 13 Forshaw 14 Charlton 15 Ballantyne 16 Creelman (c) Coach: Van der Merwe Canada squad – 1990 FIH World Cup 1 Whitten 2 Capperauld 3 Covey 4 Holt 5 Croxford 6 Levy 7 Low 8 Richardson 9 Roebere 10 Press 11 Conn 12 Kopeck 13 Brough 14 Gaiga 15 Ballantyne 16 Creelman (c) Coach: Van der Merwe Canada squad – 1991 Pan American Games – Silver medal Bowyer Brough Michelle Conn Covey Creelman Croxford Holt Jones Levy Low Porteous Richardson Tamkee Thomson Whitten Coach: Van der Merwe Canada squad – 1992 Summer Olympics 1 Whitten 2 Porteous 3 Covey 4 Low 5 Croxford 6 Levy 7 Reid 8 Jones 9 Thomson 10 Bowyer 11 Conn 12 Kopeck 13 Brough 14 Gaiga 15 Field 16 Creelman (c) Coach: Van der Merwe