Crista Cullen

Crista Cullen
MBE

Crista Cullen in 2010
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1985-08-20) 20 August 1985 (age 31) Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country	Great Britain  England
Sport	Hockey
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2012 London Team Representing  England European Championship 2007 Manchester 2011 Gladbach Champions Trophy 2012 Rosario Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Team

Chay Crista Kerio Cullen, MBE (born 20 August 1985) is an Olympic Gold Medal winning English field hockey player.

Cullen made her senior international debut for England in 2003. She was part of the Great Britain squad which won Bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, as well as the England squad that won Bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

She retired from international hockey after the 2012 Summer Olympics, aged 27. She earned 171 international caps. She came out of retirement in 2015 to join the Great Britain team for the 2016 Rio Olympics and played an instrumental part in a team that went unbeaten throughout the tournament, eventually winning an Olympic gold medal.

She has played club hockey for Leicester, based at the Stoneygate Preparatory School in Great Glen.

She was named in the International Hockey federation World Star XI following the 2006 Hockey World Cup, as well as 2006 Great Britain Hockey Athlete of the Year and Hockey Writers' 2005 and 2006 UK Hockey Player of the Year.

In 2006 and 2008 she was nominated for the FIH Player of the Year Awards(Young Woman) Award and in 2012 she was nominated for the FIH Hockey Player of the Year (Woman) Award.

Cullen was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to hockey.