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{{short description|British field hockey player}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Kate Richardson-Walsh<br>{{postnominals|country|GBR|OBE|OLY}}
| image          = Eurohockey 2015- England v Scotland (20832580351).jpg
| image_size     =
| caption        = Richardson-Walsh at the [[2015 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship|2015 EuroHockey Championship]]
| birth_name     = Kate Louise Walsh
| nationality    = British
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|5|9}}
| birth_place    = [[Withington]], [[Manchester]], England
| height         = 1.71 m <ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/judo/1023987/kate_richardson_walsh.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917213505/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/judo/1023987/kate_richardson_walsh.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=17 September 2016|title=Kate Richardson-Walsh biography|access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref>
| weight         = 66&nbsp;kg
| spouse         = {{marriage|[[Helen Richardson-Walsh]]|2013}}
| country        = {{GBR2}}<br>{{ENG}}
| sport          = [[Field hockey]]
| team           = [[Reading Hockey Club|Reading]]
| medaltemplates =  
{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[field hockey]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} 
{{Medal|Competition|[[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} 
{{Medal|Gold|[[Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]| [[Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Hockey Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2012 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy|2012 Rosario]]|}}
{{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Hockey at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Hockey at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]]|[[Hockey at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Hockey at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]]|[[Hockey at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]]|[[Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Hockey at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|[[Hockey at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Women's Hockey World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2010 Women's Hockey World Cup|2010 Rosario]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Hockey Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy|2010 Nottingham]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[EuroHockey Nations Championship]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2015 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship|2015 London]]|}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2013 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship|2013 Boom]]|}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1999 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship|1999 Cologne]]|}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship|2005 Dublin]]|}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship|2007 Manchester]]|}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship|2009 Amstelveen]]|}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2011 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship|2011 Monchengladbach]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Hockey Champions Challenge I|Champions Challenge]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2002 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2002 Johannesburg]]|}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2007 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge|2007 Baku]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Hockey European Indoor Championships I|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1998 European Indoor Champions|1998 Ourense]]|}}
}}

'''Kate Louise Richardson-Walsh''' (''née'' '''Walsh'''; born 9 May 1980) is an Olympic Gold and Bronze Medal winning English [[field hockey]] player. She was capped a record 375 times for her country and was the England and Great Britain Captain for 13 years.<ref name=":0" />

== Early life ==
Richardson-Walsh was born in [[Withington]], [[Manchester]] and attended [[Priestnall School]] in [[Stockport]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 February 2011 |title=Kate eyes 2012 Olympic hockey medal |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/other-sport/kate-eyes-2012-olympic-hockey-854669 |access-date=31 January 2020 |website=men}}</ref> At the age of 16 she joined [[Aquinas College, Stockport|Aquinas College]] in Stockport because it afforded her more support for her hockey.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://eurohockey.org/kate-richardson-walsh-2017/|title=Kate Richardson-Walsh|website=eurohockey.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2023-01-30}}</ref> She graduated from [[Brunel University]] in 2003 with a 2:1 (BSc Sports Science).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/Brunel%27s-Kate-flies-Team-GB-flag|title=Brunel's-Kate-flies-Team-GB-flag|access-date=14 January 2017|archive-date=30 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130173756/http://www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/Brunel%27s-Kate-flies-Team-GB-flag|url-status=dead}}</ref>

At the age of 11, she joined Didsbury Greys Hockey Club in Manchester<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-hockey-club-olympic-gold-11785091|title=The Manchester hockey club where Olympic gold medalist honed her skills|last=Cox|first=Charlotte|date=2016-08-22|newspaper=men|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref> followed by Hightown Hockey club.<ref name=":2" /> Richardson-Walsh was selected to play for the under 16 Great Britain team when she was 14.  It took Richardson-Walsh just nine years to go from starting hockey at her school aged 11 to playing for her country at the Sydney Olympic Games.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/fellows/honorary-fellows-2014/kate-richardson-walsh|title=Kate Richardson-Walsh {{!}} Honorary Fellowship {{!}} Liverpool John Moores University|website=www.ljmu.ac.uk|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref>

== International career ==
Richardson-Walsh made both her England and Great Britain debuts in 1999 and has since gone on to play at the full range of international tournaments including four Summer Olympics, four Hockey World Cups and four Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=109&itemTitle=Kate+Richardson-Walsh&section=1091|title=Kate Richardson-Walsh|work=GB Hockey|access-date=23 November 2014|archive-date=5 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105183432/http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=109&itemTitle=Kate+Richardson-Walsh&section=1091|url-status=dead}}</ref> Between 2013 and 2016, she was elected to the British Olympic Association Athletes' Commission and European Olympic Athlete’s Commissions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.benchmarktalent.com/clients/kate-richardson-walsh/|title=Benchmark Talent {{!}} Kate Richardson-Walsh|website=www.benchmarktalent.com|access-date=2016-12-31|archive-date=1 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101003230/http://www.benchmarktalent.com/clients/kate-richardson-walsh/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2003 aged 23 years old, Richardson-Walsh was made captain of the senior GB hockey team, a role she held for a further 13 years until her retirement in 2016.

As a defender she won a silver medal at the [[Hockey at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002]] Commonwealth Games held in her hometown of Manchester, and bronze at the [[2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship|2007]] EuroHockey Nations Championships.

In [[Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]] Summer Olympics, Walsh was hit by a stick in the team's opening match against [[Japan women's national field hockey team|Japan]] and suffered a broken jaw, which was expected to end her journey in Olympic games. However, after undergoing surgery and missing just three matches, she returned to play in their penultimate group game against [[China women's national field hockey team|China]] and captained the team to win the bronze medal.

In 2014, Richardson-Walsh captained the team to a disappointing 11th out of 12th place in the World Cup in The Hague.

[[2014 Commonwealth Games|Glasgow 2014]] marked her fourth Commonwealth Games. She captained the team to a silver medal and was also selected to be Team England's flag bearer for the closing ceremony.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=37685&itemTitle=Kate+Richardson-Walsh+confirms+her+retirement&section=22|title=Kate Richardson-Walsh confirms her retirement – England Hockey|website=englandhockey.co.uk|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref>

Following the 2014 Glasgow games, Richardson-Walsh took a three-month sabbatical from international hockey, before returning at the end of the year and regaining her place in the team (and captaincy) via the development squad.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/hockey/11317834/Kate-Richardson-Walsh-returns-to-Great-Britain-fold-as-Olympic-qualification-year-beckons.html|title=Kate Richardson-Walsh returns to Great Britain fold as Olympic qualification year beckons|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref>

In 2015, Richardson-Walsh captained England to win the [http://www.eurohockey2015.co.uk/ Unibet EuroHockey Championships] against the Netherlands. After the match was drawn, 2–2, the Gold medal was secured in a shoot-out, with England winning 3–1.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/hockey/33616830|title=EuroHockey Championships 2015: Results and tables|newspaper=BBC Sport|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref>

Richardson-Walsh became the most capped female in Great Britain on Saturday 20 February 2016 during test matches in Australia when she overtook [[Karen Brown (field hockey)|Karen Brown]] who had 355 caps.

In 2016, Richardson-Walsh captained the women’s hockey team to their first gold medal at an Olympics. The team was undefeated throughout the tournament, beating the Netherlands in the final on penalties.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36691147|title=Rio Olympics 2016: GB women win first hockey gold on penalties|date=2016-08-19|newspaper=BBC Sport|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref> Kate Richardson-Walsh was selected to be the Team GB flag bearer at the closing ceremony for the Rio Olympics.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamgb.com/news/kate-richardson-walsh-named-as-team-gb's-closing-ceremony-flagbearer|title=Kate Richardson-Walsh named as Team GB's Closing Ceremony Flagbearer|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref>

After 375 appearances for her country, 19 medals, 49 goals and 13 years as GB and England Captain, Richardson-Walsh confirmed her retirement from International hockey after the Rio Olympic Games.<ref name=":0"/>

== Domestic hockey career ==
She played club hockey for [[Reading Hockey Club|Reading]] in the [[Women's England Hockey League]] Premier Division for seven years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://w.fixtureslive.com/player/15216/overview/Kate-Richardson-Walsh|title=EHL statistics|work=Fixtureslive.com|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref> and has also acted as the women's team assistant coach. In 2016 Richardson-Walsh announced that she, and her wife Helen, would leave Reading Hockey Club to join [[HC Bloemendaal]] in the Netherlands after the Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/sportsextra/14590354.Hockey__Reading_duo_Helen_and_Kate_Richardson_Walsh_to_leave_the_club/|title=Hockey: Reading duo Helen and Kate Richardson-Walsh to leave the club|website=Reading Chronicle|date=2 July 2016 |access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref> Both Kate and Helen returned to the UK in June 2016 after one season with the club and helping HC Bloemendaal retain their Hoofdklasse status.

Kate has also played domestic hockey for; Leicester, Slough, SCHC (Netherlands) and Klein Zwitserland (Netherlands)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=109&itemTitle=Kate+Walsh|title=Kate Richardson-Walsh – GB Hockey|website=greatbritainhockey.co.uk|access-date=2016-12-31}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In December 2017, Richardson-Walsh and her wife [[Helen Richardson-Walsh|Helen]] both signed for [[East Grinstead Hockey Club]] for the Jaffa Super Sixes indoor hockey season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=42786&itemTitle=Jaffa+Super+6s+gets+under+way!&section=22|title=Jaffa Super 6s gets under way! – England Hockey|website=englandhockey.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>

== Post hockey playing career ==
Following on from her 2016 retirement from International Hockey, Richardson-Walsh has expressed a desire to go into hockey coaching.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cityam.com/249066/tears-corporate-speaking-coaching-great-britains-olympic|title=GB's Richardson-Walsh talks post-Olympic retirement|last=McLean|first=Ross|date=2016-09-08|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref> In July 2018 it was announced that Richardson-Walsh had been appointed as joint Head Coach for Hampstead & Westminster Ladies XI<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/hockey/44891414|title=Kate Richardson-Walsh: Olympic gold medallist to coach Hampstead & Westminster Ladies|date=2018-07-20|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2018-07-27|language=en-GB}}</ref>

Kate is an athlete ambassador for sports website platform [[Pitchero]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://join.pitchero.com/introducing-our-pitchero-athlete-ambassador-kate-richardson-walsh|title=Athlete Ambassador Kate Richardson Walsh|website=Pitchero|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref> and endorses Osaka hockey sticks.  She currently serves as an ambassador for the Women’s Sport Trust and supports disability hockey as an ambassador for Access Sport. She currently serves as an ambassador for [[Roedean School]].

Richardson-Walsh was part of the commentary team for the 2017 Eurohockey championships, along with her wife [[Helen Richardson-Walsh|Helen]], which was broadcast on BT Sport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eurohockey.org/rabo-eurohockey-championships-where-to-watch/|title=Rabo EuroHockey Championships, Where to Watch?|website=eurohockey.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-08-20|archive-date=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820083936/http://eurohockey.org/rabo-eurohockey-championships-where-to-watch/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She also provided hockey commentary and analysis for [[BBC Sport]] and [[Radio 5 Live]] at the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]], and analysis for the [[2018 Women's Hockey World Cup|2018 World Cup]] on [[BT Sport]].

== Personal life ==
In 2008, Walsh began a relationship with international teammate [[Helen Richardson-Walsh|Helen Richardson]]. They married in 2013 and both changed their last names thereafter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Married lesbian hockey players become first gay couple to compete together in Olympics|date=9 August 2016|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/08/09/married-lesbian-hockey-players-become-first-gay-couple-to-compete-together-in-olympics/,%20https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/08/09/married-lesbian-hockey-players-become-first-gay-couple-to-compete-together-in-olympics/,%20https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/08/09/married-lesbian-hockey-players-become-first-gay-couple-to-compete-together-in-olympics/|access-date=2021-07-28|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="Wright 2013">{{cite news|last=Wright|first=David|title=Reading's Olympic hockey stars Helen Richardson and Kate Walsh to marry|url=http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/readings-olympic-hockey-stars-helen-5836145|access-date=4 September 2013|newspaper=Get Reading|date=4 September 2013}}</ref>

Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh made history becoming the first same-sex married couple to win an Olympic Gold medal together.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/sports/2016/8/20/olympic-history-made-first-gold-medals-same-sex-couple|title=Olympic History Made: First Gold Medals for Same-Sex Spouses|last=Ring|first=Trudy|date=20 August 2016|publisher=Advocate.com|access-date=2016-08-21}}</ref> and the first married British couple to win Gold together since 1920.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-37141969|title='Special' win for hockey's golden couple|date=20 August 2016|access-date=31 January 2020|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

In 2017, Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh were both awarded honours, making them the first same-sex married couple to be honoured on the same list.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/30/sir-andy-murray-plus-got-new-year-honours/|title=New Year Honours list 2017: Andy Murray becomes Britain's youngest modern knight, plus who got what in the awards?|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref>

Richardson-Walsh's younger sister Rachel was also capped for England [[England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|hockey]].

== Awards ==
Richardson-Walsh is three times a winner of the Hockey Writers Club UK Player of the Year award (2003. 2007 and 2012).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hockeywritersclub.com/story/lewers-and-hinch-win-uk-hockey-player-year-awards|title=Lewers and Hinch win UK hockey player of the year awards {{!}} Hockey Writers' Club|website=www.hockeywritersclub.com|access-date=2017-01-13|archive-date=16 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116175344/http://www.hockeywritersclub.com/story/lewers-and-hinch-win-uk-hockey-player-year-awards|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2003 and 2016, she was shortlisted for the [[FIH Player of the Year Awards|FIH World Player of the Year Award]].

She was named Great Britain Hockey Athlete of the Year in 2007.<ref name=":0" />

In 2014, Richardson-Walsh was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University.<ref name=":1" />

Richardson-Walsh was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2015 New Year Honours]] for services to hockey<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61092 |supp=y|page=N25|date=31 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/391413/New_Year_Honours_List_2015.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102104907/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/391413/New_Year_Honours_List_2015.pdf|url-status=dead|title=2015 New Year Honours List|archive-date=2 January 2015|access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref> and promoted to [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2017 New Year Honours]], also for services to hockey.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61803 |supp=y|page=N14|date=31 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=38776&itemTitle=New+Year's+Honours+for+our+16+gold+medalists&section=22|title=New Year's Honours for our 16 gold medalists – England Hockey|website=englandhockey.co.uk|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref>

In 2016, Richardson-Walsh was the first hockey player to be shortlisted for [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]]. She achieved 6th place out of 16 nominees with 34,604 votes<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-12-19/full-sports-personality-of-the-year-2016-voting-statistics-revealed|title=Full Sports Personality of the Year 2016 voting statistics revealed|newspaper=Radio Times|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref>

In June 2017, Richardson-Walsh was presented with the highest honour in English Hockey; the England Hockey Member of Honour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=41440&itemTitle=Richardson-Walsh+becomes+EH+Member+Of+Honour&section=22|title=Richardson-Walsh becomes EH Member of Honour – England Hockey|website=englandhockey.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-06-26}}</ref> The award is the highest accolade that can be bestowed by the Governing Body and is made in recognition of outstanding contribution to England Hockey. Including Richardson-Walsh, there are only six existing Members of Honour.

[[Brunel University London|Brunel University]] presented alumna Richardson-Walsh with an Honorary Doctorate in July 2017, recognising her service to the national or international community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/Brunel-names-Honorary-Graduates-and-Fellows-for-2017#|title=Brunel names Honorary Graduates and Fellows for 2017 &#124; Brunel University London|website=brunel.ac.uk|access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref>

Richardson-Walsh was the first British hockey player to be inducted into the [http://eurohockey.org/ehf-welcomes-kate-richardson-walsh-moritz-furste-and-maartje-paumen-to-its-hall-of-fame/ European Hall of Fame] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827125941/http://eurohockey.org/ehf-welcomes-kate-richardson-walsh-moritz-furste-and-maartje-paumen-to-its-hall-of-fame/ |date=27 August 2017 }} by the [[European Hockey Federation|EHF]]. The ceremony took place during the 2017 European Hockey Championships in Holland.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/internationaal/paumen-furste-en-richardson-walsh-opgenomen-ehf-wall-fame/|title=Paumen, Fürste en Richardson-Walsh opgenomen in EHF 'Hall of Fame' |work=Hockey.nl|access-date=2017-08-27|language=nl-NL}}</ref>

Kate and [[Helen Richardson-Walsh|Helen]] Richardson-Walsh were awarded the National Lottery Spirit of Sport Award at the 2017 annual Sports Journalist’s Association (SJA) British Sports Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/awards-news/froome-cockroft-and-england-women-cricketers-take-sja-prizes/|title=Froome, Cockroft and England women cricketers take SJA prizes – Sports Journalists' Association|website=sportsjournalists.co.uk|date=6 December 2017 |language=en-GB|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>

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==External links==
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