Elizabeth Rose Keddell (born 31 January 1994) is a New Zealand

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player. She has competed for the

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(the Black Sticks Women) since 2012, including at the

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and the

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Life

Keddell was born in

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and attended Bethlehem College. She is a

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to Olympic sprinter Mark Keddell and Olympic gold medallist rower

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. She competed in the

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as part of the New Zealand girls' hockey team where she won a bronze medal. She was selected for the Black Sticks in November 2012 and played her first match against

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in Napier on 8 December 2012. She participated at the 2020 Women's FIH Pro League.

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* 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Tauranga New Zealand female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Field hockey players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand Female field hockey defenders Female field hockey midfielders Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games field hockey players for New Zealand Commonwealth Games gold medallists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen {{NewZealand-fieldhockey-bio-stub