Kristen Taunton (born June 27, 1977 in Richmond, British Columbia) is a former

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 ...

forward from

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, who earned a total number of 118 international caps for the Canadian Women's National Team during her career. She won a bronze medal, at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

International senior tournaments

* 1998 –

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (not ranked) * 1999 –

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

, Winnipeg, Canada (3rd) * 2001 – Pan American Cup, Kingston, Jamaica (3rd) * 2001 –

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, Amiens/Abbeville, France (10th) * 2002 –

, Manchester, England (7th)

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Profile on Field Hockey Canada
1977 births Living people Canadian female field hockey players Sportspeople from Richmond, British Columbia Field hockey people from British Columbia Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 1999 Pan American Games {{Canada-fieldhockey-bio-stub