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{{short description|Canadian field hockey player}}
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{{Infobox field hockey player
| name           = Sharon Creelman
| full_name      = Sharon Grace Creelman
| birth_date     = {{Birth-date and age|April 27, 1964}}
| birth_place    = [[Windsor, Ontario]], Canada
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[field hockey]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1991 Pan American Games|1991 Havana]] | [[Hockey at the 1991 Pan American Games|Team competition]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]] | [[Hockey at the 1987 Pan American Games|Team competition]] }}
}}

'''Sharon Grace Creelman''' (born April 27, 1964, in [[Windsor, Ontario]]) is a former [[field hockey]] player from [[Canada]]. Between 1982 and 1994, Creelman held 139 caps at the [[Canada women's national field hockey team|Women's Senior National Team]].

Creelman captained the national side from 1987 to 1994, and played in three [[Olympic Games]] ([[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]], [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] and [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992]])<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/sharon-creelman-1.html |title=Sharon Creelman |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203015425/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/sharon-creelman-1.html |archive-date=2016-12-03}}</ref> and in four [[Women's Hockey World Cup|World Cups]] (1983, 1986, 1990 and 1994). After her career Creelman became a coach in the sport of field hockey; she was the head coach of Canada's Junior Team in the late 1990s. She then became a physical education teacher at Appleby College located in Oakville, Ontario.

==International senior competitions==
* 1983 &ndash; [[1983 Women's Hockey World Cup|World Cup]], Kuala Lumpur ('''Silver Medal''')
* 1984 &ndash; [[1984 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], Los Angeles (5th)
* 1986 &ndash; [[1986 Women's Hockey World Cup|World Cup]], Amstelveen ('''Bronze Medal''')
* 1987 &mdash; [[1987 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]], Amstelveen (4th)
* 1987 &ndash; [[1987 Pan American Games|Pan Am Games]], Indianapolis ('''Bronze Medal''')
* 1988 &ndash; [[1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], Seoul (6th)
* 1990 &ndash; [[1990 Women's Hockey World Cup|World Cup]], Sydney (10th)
* 1991 &ndash; [[1991 Pan American Games|Pan Am Games]], Havana ('''Silver Medal''')
* 1991 &ndash; [[1991 Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier|Olympic Qualifier]], Auckland (3rd)
* 1992 &ndash; [[1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], Barcelona (7th)
* 1993 &ndash; [[1993 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier|World Cup Qualifier]], Philadelphia (3rd)
* 1994 &ndash; [[1994 Women's Hockey World Cup|World Cup]], Dublin (10th)

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{International Hockey Federation|11876}}
* {{web archive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311022103/http://www.fieldhockey.ca/archives/profiles/women/screelma.html |title=Sharon Creelman at Field Hockey Canada |date=mdy}}
* {{COC}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|sharon-grace-creelman|org_id=sharon-creelman|org_archive=20200811195813}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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