Jaclyn "Jackie" Briggs ( Kintzer; born May 23, 1988) is an American

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player. She was born in

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and graduated from Conrad Weiser High School in 2006. She went on to attend the

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where she helped lead the team to two NCAA national championships. Briggs studied studio art with a concentration in painting at UNC. Briggs joined the U.S. National team in 2010. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the

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in the women's event. Briggs helped Team USA defeat Argentina to win its first

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gold medal and earn a berth in the 2012 Olympics in

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. Briggs was a member of the gold medal Champions Challenge squad and a part of the U.S. squad that stunned the world with a fourth place finish at the 2014 Rabobank Hockey World Cup. Briggs recently competed in the

2016 Rio Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

. Briggs is currently the assistant field hockey coach at Wake Forest University.

Personal life

Briggs is the daughter of Dean and Roxanne Kintzer, wife of Michael Briggs and has dogs named London & Blue. Jackie's husband Michael played football at the University of North Carolina. Jackie currently beasts workouts at Orangetheory Fitness West Cary, NC for fun.

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* * 1988 births Living people American female field hockey players Female field hockey goalkeepers Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for the United States North Carolina Tar Heels field hockey players Sportspeople from Reading, Pennsylvania {{US-fieldhockey-bio-stub Field hockey players at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in field hockey