Fiona Crackles

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Fiona Crackles

| image = Fiona Crackels GB, England and Wimbledon HC hockey player.jpg

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| caption = Crackles in 2021

| full_name = Fiona Anne Crackles

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|2|11|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| position = Midfielder or Defender

| currentclub = Durham University

| years1 = 2014–2016

| clubs1 = Lancaster Hockey Club

| years2 = 2016–2018

| clubs2 = Ben Rhydding

| years3 = 2019–present

| clubs3 = Durham University

| years4 = 2021-present

| clubs4 = Wimbledon Hockey Club

| nationalyears1 = 2021–present

| nationalteam1 = England

| nationalcaps1 = 5

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2020–present

| nationalteam2 = Great Britain

| nationalcaps2 = 14

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 =

| nationalteam3 = ENGLAND & GB TOTAL:

| nationalcaps3 = 19

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| show-medals = no

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| updated = 2 August 2021

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Fiona Anne Crackles (born 11 February 2000) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the England and Great Britain national teams.{{Cite web|url=http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=14060&itemTitle=Fiona+Crackles§ion=1091|title=Fiona Crackles - GB Hockey|website=www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Early life

She was born 11 February 2000 in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria.{{Cite web|title=Fiona Crackles|url=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/fiona-crackles/22GG5qAIFQ2yGn33MI0Urm|access-date=2021-08-10|website=www.teamgb.com|language=en-gb}} She attended Melling St. Wilfrid Primary school and Queen Elizabeth School in Cumbria.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

Club career

She plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Division One North for Durham University.{{Cite web|url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/page_noside.asp?section=2342§ionTitle=Fixtures,+Results,+Tables,+Stats,+Teams+&+Players|title=Fixtures, Results, Tables, Stats, Teams & Players - England Hockey|website=www.englandhockey.co.uk}}{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=http://www.lancasterhockeyclub.co.uk/download/file/2015%20February%20Newsletter.pdf|title=Lancaster Hockey Club - February Newsletter|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.brhc.co.uk/category/youth/|title=Youth | Ben Rhydding Hockey Club|date=3 November 2021 }}

She played overseas for the Queensland Under 21s in the National Championships in June 2019.{{Cite web|title=Hockey Queensland: Yearbook 2019|url=https://cdn.revolutionise.com.au/cups/hockeyqld/files/5qnflg9xzvufxssw.pdf}}

International career

She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics for Great Britain, receiving a bronze medal.{{Cite news|last=Curran|first=Abi|date=August 6, 2021|title=Delight for Durham's Fiona Crackles as she bags bronze in Tokyo|work=Palatinate|url=https://www.palatinate.org.uk/delight-for-durhams-fiona-crackles-as-she-bags-bronze-in-tokyo/}}{{Cite news|last=Hagan-Duckers|first=Joe|date=6 August 2021|title=Fiona Crackles wins bronze as Great Britain beat India at Tokyo Olympics|work=The Westmoreland Gazette|url=https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/cumbria/barrow_in_furness/19495698.fiona-crackles-wins-bronze-great-britain-beat-india-tokyo-olympics/}}

References

External links

{{International Hockey Federation}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{Olympics.com|fiona-anne-crackles}}
{{Team GB}}
{{Team England|fiona-crackles}}
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/fiona-crackles_1898985 Fiona Crackles] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
{{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56195}}
{{Instagram}}

Category:2000 births

Category:Living people

Category:English female field hockey players

Category:British female field hockey players

Category:Women's England Hockey League players

Category:Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain

Category:Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain

Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey

Category:Alumni of Collingwood College, Durham

Category:Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England

Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in field hockey

Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Category:21st-century English sportswomen