Katherine "Kate" Wright ( Gillis) is a women's

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player from Canada. Wright was born on August 14, 1989, in

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, Canada. Wright is the most capped player with the

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national team, playing 216 matches. She surpassed the

Stephanie Jameson Stephanie Jameson (born January 23, 1982) is a former Canadian women's field hockey international. Between 2012 and 2017 she held the record as Canada's most capped women's field hockey international. She represented Canada at the 2002, 2006 and ...

's previous record of 169 matches at the

2017 Women's Pan American Cup The 2017 Women's Pan American Cup was the fifth edition of the Women's Pan American Cup, the quadrennial international women's field hockey championship of the Americas organised by the Pan American Hockey Federation. It was held between 5 and 13 A ...

. Wright has been captain of the national team since 2014. Wright has represented Canada at two

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, in

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and

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. At the 2018 event, Wright captained Canada to their best finish in the tournament's history, coming in fifth place. Wright has also once been named in the Pan American Elite Team by the

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, in 2013.

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Katherine Wright
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