Rhona Isabel Simpson (born 14 July 1972 in

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) is a Scottish

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player who has played for her country over 280 times. By 2014 she was Scotland’s most-capped hockey player and top goal scorer. Simpson started playing hockey at the age of 12 as part of the curriculum at her school, Wellington School, Ayr. She went on to be selected for the South West District Team. She twice represented

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at the

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(1996 and 2000). Simpson became top scorer at the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier in

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, alongside Kaori Chiba (Japan), Tomomi Komori (Japan) and Maryna Vynohradova (Ukraine), scoring six goals. She represented Scotland at the Kuala Lumpur 1998, Manchester 2002 and Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. She studied at

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and subsequently worked as a PE teacher.

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* * 1972 births Living people People educated at Wellington School, Ayr Scottish female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British female field hockey players Sportspeople from Paisley, Renfrewshire Commonwealth Games field hockey players for Scotland {{Scotland-fieldhockey-bio-stub