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OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALLIST LAURA BARTLETT ANNOUNCES HER RETIREMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY
Scottish Hockey. 26-02-2013. Retrieved 05-08-2014.
Laura Bartlett (born 22 June 1988) is a retired Scottish field hockey player, representing
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at the
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. She competed for the
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in the
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, winning a bronze medal. Bartlett announced her retirement in February 2013, having been capped fifty-seven times for
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and fifty for Great Britain. The former Milne Craig Clydesdale Western player represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics in
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and 2012. Bartlett last represented Scotland in 2011, the year in which she was awarded
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Athlete of the Year.


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* * 1988 births Living people British female field hockey players Scottish female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain Olympic medalists in field hockey Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain People educated at the Glasgow Academy Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Scottish Olympic medallists {{Scotland-fieldhockey-bio-stub