Katie Reinprecht

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Katie Reinprecht
Personal information
Full name Katherine Reinprecht
Born (1989-11-01) November 1, 1989 (age 34)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight 123 lb (56 kg)
Playing position Midfield
Youth career
2009–2012 Princeton Tigers
Senior career
YearsTeam
Mystx Field Hockey
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
United States
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara Team

Katherine "Katie" Reinprecht (born November 1, 1989) is an American field hockey player who participated in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] [3] She competed for the United States women's national field hockey team in the 2012 and 2016 field hockey events. [4]

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Career

Reinprecht was born in Philadelphia. [1] She graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Academy high school in 2008 and went on to attend Princeton University. [2] She took a year off from her college education to train for the 2012 Summer Olympics. [2] When she returned to school, she helped lead the Tigers to their first-ever NCAA Field Hockey National Championship, and then was awarded the Honda Sports Award for field hockey. [5] [6] Her younger sister, Julia, also played field hockey for Princeton and the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic field hockey teams. [2] [3]

She is currently sponsored by Ritual Hockey.

Personal life

In June 2018, she married her husband, ice hockey player Taylor Fedun.

See also

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