Samantha Child

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Samantha Child

| image = Sam Charlton 2021 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Child in 2021

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|12|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| height = 1.74 m

| weight = 66 kg

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Midlands

| years1 = 2009

| clubs1 = Midlands

| years2 = 2010

| clubs2 = Canterbury

| years3 = 2011-

| clubs3 = Midlands

| nationalyears1 = 2010–2024

| nationalteam1 = New Zealand

| nationalcaps1 = 277

| nationalgoals1 = 9

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{NZL}}}}

}}

Samantha Child (née Charlton, born 7 December 1991) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the Black Sticks Women), including for the team at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url= http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/samcharlton/ |title= Sam Charlton – Hockey New Zealand |access-date= 10 August 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208132120/http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/samcharlton/ | archive-date=8 February 2013}}{{cite web |url= http://www.london2012.com/athlete/charlton-samantha-1124893/ |title= Samantha Charlton – London 2012 Olympics |access-date= 10 August 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120809170151/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/charlton-samantha-1124893/ |archive-date= 9 August 2012 }}{{cite web |url= http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/240414%20BSW%20Caps.pdf |title= New Zealand Hockey Representatives – Women |publisher= Hockey New Zealand |date= 24 April 2014 |access-date= 14 June 2014 |archive-date= 3 March 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225856/http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web |url= http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/240414%20BSW%20Goal%20Scorers.pdf |title= New Zealand Goal Scorers – Women |publisher= Hockey New Zealand |date= 24 April 2014 |access-date= 14 June 2014 |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053304/http://www.hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014 |url-status= dead }}{{Cite web |date=2016-02-09 |title=Samantha Charlton |url=https://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/samantha-charlton/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811154223/http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/samantha-charlton/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2016 |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=New Zealand Olympic Team |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Samantha Charlton at Olympics.com |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/samantha-charlton |access-date=20 May 2023 |website=olympics.com}}

Life

File:Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics - NZL-AUS (7796656018).jpg

Born in Wellington, Charlton spent most of her formative years living in Tauranga and attended Otumoetai College.{{cite news |url= http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/news/tauranga-teen-faces-testing-debut/997275/ |title= Tauranga teen faces testing debut |first= Martin |last= Lang |date= 17 September 2008 |publisher=Bay of Plenty Times |access-date= 20 June 2013}} {{As of|August 2012}}, she resides in Auckland, where she is a student at Massey University in Albany.

She was part of the New Zealand teams that won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Overall, she competed in more than 250 games for New Zealand.

She married fellow New Zealand hockey player Marcus Child.

She participated at the 2020 Women's FIH Pro League.{{cite web |title=Team Details New Zealand |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1162/reports/teams |website=tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation |page=8}}

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
1.	31 October 2013	rowspan=3\| Stratford, New Zealand	{{fhw\|PNG}}	align=center\|6–0	align=center\| 25–0	rowspan=3\| 2013 Women's Oceania Cup
2.	rowspan=2\| 3 November 2013	rowspan=2\| {{fhw\|SAM}}	align=center\|4–0	rowspan=2 align=center\| 26–0
3.	align=center\|25–0
4.	11 October 2017	Sydney, Australia	{{fhw\|PNG}}	align=center\|30–0	align=center\| 33–0	2017 Women's Oceania Cup
5.	6 April 2018	Gold Coast, Australia	{{fhw\|GHA}}	align=center\|3–0	align=center\| 12–0	2018 Commonwealth Games