Thea Culley

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Thea Culley
Personal information
Born (1986-01-02) January 2, 1986 (age 34)
Trail, British Columbia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sport Field hockey

Thea Culley (born January 2, 1986, in Trail, British Columbia [1] ) is a female field hockey player, who played for the Canada national field hockey team as a forward at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [2]

Culley represented Canada at the 2015 Pan American Games where the team won a bronze medal. [3]

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References

  1. Field Hockey Canada - Thea Culley
  2. "Canadian Women's Field Hockey Team Named for 2014 Commonwealth Games". fieldhockey.ca/. Field Hockey Canada. 24 June 2014. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. "Canada: 2015 Pan American Games (Women)". Pan American Hockey Federation. December 2002. Retrieved 8 November 2018.