History Makers : How Team Gb Stormed to a First Ever Gold in Women's Hockey

Juggins, Sarah; Stainthorpe, Richard

ISBN 10: 1785313304 / ISBN 13: 9781785313301

Published by Pitch Publishing Ltd, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: History Makers : How Team Gb Stormed to a First Ever Gold in Women's Hockey
• Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785313304
• ISBN 13: 9781785313301
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

When Great Britain failed to qualify for the women's hockey competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics, the sport was at its lowest point. Sliding down the world rankings, in-fighting and discord within the squad, no funding and very little prospect of a bright future. Three players - Crista Cullen, Helen Richardson and Kate Walsh - were junior members of that team, and would have been forgiven for walking away at that point. Fast forward 12 years and the same three players were at the heart of the greatest moment in Great Britain women's hockey, standing on the podium in Rio de Janeiro with Olympic gold medals proudly hanging around their necks. During those intervening years, the team had undergone a transformation. It was no easy journey, but a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows, triumphs and disasters - with casualties along the way. The History Makers is more than an account of a famous victory. It is the story of how a team changed its culture and its attitude and transformed a sport barely worth a mention in the press into the provider of an Olympic moment that gripped the nation.

About the Author

Richard Stainthorpe works for the International Hockey Federation (FIH) as a writer, editor and media operations coordinator. He has covered many international events, including three Olympic Games. Sarah Juggins is a freelance writer, working for FIH, The Hockey Paper, the Pan American Hockey Federation and Planet Hockey magazine. She ran the hockey Olympic News Service in London 2012.