Fiona Anne Crackles (born 11 February 2000) is an English

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 who plays as a midfielder for the

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and

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national teams.

Early life

She was born 11 February 2000 in Kirkby Lonsdale,

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. She attended Melling St. Wilfrid Primary school and Queen Elizabeth School in Cumbria.

Club career

She plays club hockey in the

Women's England Hockey League The Women's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features women's teams from England. From 2011-2020 it was sponsored by Investec and was referred to as the Investec Women's Hockey League. Format Regula ...

Division One North for

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan ...

. She played overseas for the Queensland Under 21s in the National Championships in June 2019.

International career

She competed in 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 ...

for

, receiving a bronze medal.

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* 2000 births Living people English female field hockey players British female field hockey players Women's England Hockey League players Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Alumni of Collingwood College, Durham Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub