| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 December 1995 Pukekohe, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Central | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | New Zealand U–21 | 14 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016– | New Zealand | 8 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Deanna Ritchie was born and raised in Pukekohe, New Zealand. [3] [4]
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]
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]
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]
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