Amy Swensen

{{short description|American field hockey player}}

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| birth_name = Amy Trần

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|10|02|df=y}}

| birth_place = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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| nationalyears1 = 2006-2012

| nationalteam1 = USA

| nationalcaps(goals)1 = 163

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{{MedalSport | Women's field hockey }}

{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2011 Guadalajara | Team }}

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Amy Swensen (née Trần, also known as Amy Tran-Swensen, born October 2, 1980) is an American field hockey player.{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/tran-swensen-amy-1133847/ |title=Amy Tran-Swensen |website=London2012.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524125046/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/tran-swensen-amy-1133847/ |archivedate=May 24, 2013}} A goalkeeper, she made her national team debut against Mexico at the 2001 Pan American Cup, where she shared the 5-0 shutout. She was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/amy-tran-swensen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418061007/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/amy-tran-swensen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Amy Tran-Swensen |accessdate=October 29, 2015}} and began playing hockey at the age of 13.{{Cite web |title=Going Deep: Field hockey Olympians with local ties talk about the sport |url=http://blog.pennlive.com/patriotnewssports/2012/09/going_deep_field_hockey_olympi.html |website=PennLive.com |accessdate=November 21, 2015}} Tran attended the Northern Lebanon High School and University of North Carolina. At the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup, Tran was named Goalkeeper of the Tournament.

At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the United States women's national field hockey team in the women's event.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/hockey/event/women/teams/team=united-states-how400usa01/ |title=Hockey: Women: United States |website=London2012.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402152100/http://www.london2012.com/hockey/event/women/teams/team%3Dunited-states-how400usa01/ |archivedate=April 2, 2013 |url-status=dead }} She regained her position in the team after knee replacement surgery in autumn 2011.{{Cite web |title=Amy Swensen |url=http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/SW/Amy-Swensen.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425073003/http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/SW/Amy-Swensen.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |website=Team USA |accessdate=November 21, 2015}} After the US's failure to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, she briefly quit hockey to concentrate on her career in massage therapy, also taking the time to marry her husband, Mark Swensen.

She announced her retirement from Team USA in January 2013, having played in 163 games.{{Cite web |title=Amy Tran Swensen announces her retirement from Team USA field hockey |url=http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/01/amy_tran_swensen_announces_her.html |website=PennLive.com |accessdate=November 21, 2015}}