Samantha Child
Samantha Child is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand [women's national field hockey team], including for the team at the 2012 [Summer Olympics|2012], 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Life
Born in Wellington, Charlton spent most of her formative years living in Tauranga and attended Otumoetai College., she resides in Auckland, where she is a student at Massey University in Albany.She was part of the New Zealand teams that won gold at the 2018 [Commonwealth Games] and bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Overall, she competed in more than 250 games for New Zealand.
She married fellow New Zealand hockey player Marcus Child.
She participated at the 2020 Women's FIH [Pro League].