Judith Ann Strong (born March 26, 1960) is a former

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player from the

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, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the bronze medal at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

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. She briefly coached field hockey at

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located in Springfield,

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. Currently, Strong is a field hockey and lacrosse referee at the collegiate level. Strong played collegiate field hockey at the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...

. She was a physical education teacher at

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where she also coached field hockey and lacrosse.article primarily about Strong's time at UMass Amherst
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* 1960 births Living people American female field hockey players UMass Minutewomen field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in field hockey Smith College faculty Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Northampton, Massachusetts American women academics 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-fieldhockey-bio-stub