Shona McCallin (born 18 May 1992), is an English former international

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player who played as a midfielder for

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and

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. She was an Olympic gold medalist at the

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. McCallin began playing hockey in Newark at the age of six. She then progressed through Nottinghamshire county ranks, regional and England U16, U18 and U21 squads, the last of which she captained at the Junior World Cup. She moved to

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to pursue further hockey opportunities, and spent almost four years in the country, gaining a university degree in International Business and also becoming fluent in Dutch. Upon return she was selected for the centralised Great Britain training programme at

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. She was selected for the Rio 2016 Olympic squad and helped them to win the gold medal. On 17 October 2023, she announced her retirement from international hockey.

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* *http://www.shonamccallin.com *https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/shona-mccallin/54Uns3OBPTYNXeyF6NNnCM {{DEFAULTSORT:McCallin, Shona Living people 1992 births People educated at Repton School People educated at Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School English female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British female field hockey players Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in field hockey Members of the Order of the British Empire Sportspeople from Derby Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in field hockey Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportswomen