Erin Christie (; born 20 March 1992) is a South African

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player for the

South African national team South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

International career

She participated at the

2018 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup, a field hockey tournament. It was held from 21 July to 5 August 2018 at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London, England. Defending champions t ...

. She was captain for the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

Personal life

In 2015, she graduated from Stellenbosch University with a Postgraduate Certificate in Education and now teaches Physical Science at Rand Park High School in Johannesburg. In 2019 she married Andrew Hilton Christie.

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* * 1992 births Living people South African female field hockey players Female field hockey defenders Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for South Africa Stellenbosch University alumni Crusaders Hockey Club players 21st-century South African women 21st-century South African people Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-fieldhockey-bio-stub