Rhona Isabel Simpson (born 14 July 1972 in

Paisley, Renfrewshire Paisley ( ; sco, Paisley, gd, Pàislig ) is a large town situated in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Located north of the Gleniffer Braes, the town borders the city of Glasgow to the east, and straddles the banks of the White Cart Wate ...

) is a

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player from

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who has played for her country over 280 times. By 2014 she was Scotland’s most-capped hockey player and top goal scorer. Simpson started playing hockey at the age of 12 as part of the curriculum at her school, Wellington School, Ayr. She went on to be selected for the South West District Team. She twice represented

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at the

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(1996 and 2000). Simpson became top scorer at the

2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier The 2006 Women's Hockey Intercontinental Cup was the seventh edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The event was held from 25 April–6 May, in Rome, Italy. England won the tournament for the second time after defeating South Korea 2� ...

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, alongside

Kaori Chiba Kaori Chiba-Fujio ( ja, 千葉香織; born January 29, 1981 in Minami-Alps, Yamanashi) is a field hockey player from Japan. She represented her native country at the Summer Olympics (2004, 2008 and 2012 Tomomi Komori is a female field hockey player from Japan. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics (2004 and 2008). During the 2004 summer Olympics she helped Japan reach 8th Place, and in the 2008 Summer Olympics she helped her country ...

(Japan) and

Maryna Vynohradova Maryna Vynohradova (born 30 June 1983) is a Ukrainian-Italian field hockey player for the Italian national team. She participated at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Women's Ho ...

(Ukraine), scoring six goals. She represented Scotland at the Kuala Lumpur 1998, Manchester 2002 and Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. She studied at

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and subsequently worked as a PE teacher.

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* * 1972 births Living people Scottish female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain British female field hockey players Sportspeople from Paisley, Renfrewshire Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland {{Scotland-fieldhockey-bio-stub