Caashia Karringten (born 24 October 1992) is

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player from

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. Karringten plays as a striker in the

national team and made her international debut for Canada in 2012.

Playing career

Senior National Team

In 2013, Karringten was a member of the

squad at the 2013 Pan American Cup in

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, where the team won bronze. Karringten was a member of the bronze medal winning

team at the

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. This was Canada's first medal in the event since 1999.

Junior National Team

Karringten has also represented Canada's junior national team, including at the 2013 Junior World Cup in

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, where the team finished in fourteenth place.

References

1992 births Living people Canadian female field hockey players Field hockey players from Vancouver Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Field hockey players at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games {{Canada-fieldhockey-bio-stub