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Candy Ann Thomson (born March 8, 1967, in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a former field hockey player from Canada, who earned a total number of thirty international caps for the Women's Senior National Team during her career in the early 1990s. She played club hockey on national level for Vancouver Doves. Thomson was a member of the Canadian team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. [1]
The Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain was held at the Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa in Terrassa from 26 July to 8 August 1992.
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