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Deanna Ritchie (born 15 December 1995) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who plays as a forward.
Personal life
Deanna Ritchie was born and raised in Pukekohe, New Zealand.
Career
Domestic league
Deanna Ritchie made her National Hockey League (NHL) debut in 2014. She was an import player in the Central team.
From 2015 until 2019, when the NHL was discontinued, Ritchie represented her home side of Auckland. In her first season with the team, she took home the national title.
National teams
Under–21
In 2015, Ritchie made her debut for the New Zealand U–21 team during an invitational tournament in Breda.
She went on to represent the team again the following year. She won a silver medal at the Junior Oceania Cup in the Gold Coast, and was a member of the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago.
Black Sticks
Since her debut in 2016, Ritchie has only made occasional appearances in the Black Sticks squad.
Following a number of retirements in the national squad after the 2020 Summer Olympics, Ritchie was officially raised into the squad.