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Moving from Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland to Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for Scotland using Cat-a-lot

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{{short description|Scottish field hockey player}}
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'''Linda Clement''' (born 13 March 1980) is a female [[field hockey]] forward and midfielder from Scotland. She played in 241 matches for the [[Scotland women's national field hockey team|Women's National Team]], scoring 61 goals.<ref name="Herald Aug2014">{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/commonwealth-games/cwg-news/swansong-ends-on-sour-note.24936364 |title=Swansong ends on sour note |first=Graeme |last=Macpherson |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |publisher=[[Newsquest]] |date=2 August 2014 |accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref>

Clement was born in [[Inverness]] and raised on the [[Black Isle]], attending Fortrose Academy before she move to [[Edinburgh]] to study.<ref name="Courier July2014">{{cite news|url=http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Other-sports/Home-Games-excites-Clement-16072014.htm |title=Home Games excites Clement |first=Graham |last=Linton |work=[[The Inverness Courier]] |date=20 July 2014 |accessdate=3 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407070856/http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Other-sports/Home-Games-excites-Clement-16072014.htm |archivedate= 7 April 2015 }}</ref> She was selected for the Highland District under-16 and then under-18 hockey squads before representing Scotland at under-18 level.<ref name="Courier July2014" /> Clement had also been involved with [[sport of athletics|athletics]] during her school days and represented Scotland in the [[Sprint (running)#Historical and uncommon distances|300 metres]] at under-17 level in 1996.<ref name="Herald Aug2013">{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/commonwealth-games/cwg-news/all-coming-together-for-hockey-captain.21878818 |title=All coming together for hockey captain |first=Richard |last=Winton |work=The Herald |publisher=Newsquest |date=15 August 2013 |accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="Scotsman Aug2010">{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/stuart-bathgate-clement-s-modesty-masks-iron-resolve-to-keep-cap-tally-rising-1-822222 |title=Stuart Bathgate: Clement's modesty masks iron resolve to keep cap tally rising |work=[[The Scotsman]] |publisher=[[Johnston Press]] |date=22 August 2010|accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref>

Clement made her debut for the Women's National Team in 1999. Clement played in four consecutive Commonwealth Games tournaments: [[Hockey at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Manchester]], [[Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Melbourne]] and [[Hockey at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Dehli]] and [[Hockey at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|Glasgow]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/hockey/27817909 |title=Commonwealth Games: Clement leads Scotland's hockey challenge |first=Kier |last=Murray |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=13 June 2014}}</ref> She was selected as captain of the [[Scotland women's national field hockey team|Women's National Team]] for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/27833894 |title=Linda Clement enjoying Scottish hockey boost |publisher=BBC |date=13 June 2014}}</ref> She announced her retirement from international competition in August 2014.<ref name="Herald Aug2014" />

She played club hockey for Bonagrass Grove.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/gritty-bonagrass-grove-cling-on-to-dream-of-elite-european-competition-1-1373378 |title=Gritty Bonagrass Grove cling on to dream of elite European competition |work=The Scotsman |publisher=Johnston Press |date=19 May 2002 |accessdate=3 April 2015}}</ref> Clement teaches physical education and is the head of hockey at the [[High School of Dundee]] in Scotland.<ref name="Herald Aug2013" />

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.scottish-hockey.org.uk/international-teams/senior-women-/linda-clement.aspx Profile on Scottish Hockey]

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