Katelyn Falgowski (born October 23, 1988) is an American

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player. She was born in

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. She is a midfielder, and has played more than 200 international games. At the

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, and

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, she competed for the

United States women's national field hockey team The United States women's national field hockey team represents the United States in international field hockey. The team is currently coached by David Passmore. It made its first international appearance in 1920 when a touring team visited En ...

in the women's event. She was inducted into the

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in 2022.

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* American female field hockey players 1988 births Living people American people of Polish descent Olympic field hockey players for the United States Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics North Carolina Tar Heels field hockey players Sportspeople from Wilmington, Delaware Field hockey players at the 2011 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in field hockey 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-fieldhockey-bio-stub