Deanna Ritchie
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| Born | 15 December 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deanna Ritchie (born 15 December 1995)[1] is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who plays as a forward.[2]
Personal life
Deanna Ritchie was born and raised in Pukekohe, New Zealand.[3][4]
Career
Domestic league
Deanna Ritchie made her National Hockey League (NHL) debut in 2014. She was an import player in the Central team.[4]
From 2015 until 2019, when the NHL was discontinued, Ritchie represented her home side of Auckland.[4] In her first season with the team, she took home the national title.[5]
National teams
Under–21
In 2015, Ritchie made her debut for the New Zealand U–21 team during an invitational tournament in Breda.[6]
She went on to represent the team again the following year. She won a silver medal at the Junior Oceania Cup in the Gold Coast, and was a member of the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago.[6][3]
Black Sticks
Since her debut in 2016, Ritchie has only made occasional appearances in the Black Sticks squad.[6]
Following a number of retirements in the national squad after the 2020 Summer Olympics, Ritchie was officially raised into the squad.[7]
References
- ↑ "Team Details – New Zealand". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ↑ "DEANNA RITCHIE". blacksticksnz.co.nz. Vantage Black Sticks. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- 1 2 "Pukekohe's Deanna Ritchie off to Chile for women's Hockey Junior World Cup". stuff.co.nz. stuff. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- 1 2 3 "RITCHIE Deanna". hockeynz.altiusrt.com. New Zealand Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ↑ "Hockey: Northland struggle in final deja vu". The New Zealand Herald. New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- 1 2 3 "RITCHIE Deanna". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ↑ "VANTAGE BLACK STICKS WOMEN". blacksticksnz.co.nz. Vantage Black Sticks. Retrieved 10 May 2022.