Sam Quek: Hope and a Hockey Stick
Sam Quek is mainly known for her starring role in the 2016 Olympic gold medal winning hockey team. This was the first time a British ladies team had won gold, but what is much less known is that Sam’s rise to the top of her spot was far from easy.

Sam missed out on being part of Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics but competed for England at the 2013 EuroHockey tournament and 2014 Commonwealth Games, which she won silver medals. She won the gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics after the GB hockey team beat the Netherlands on penalties.

How Sam overcame the bitter disappointment of being overlooked for the two previous Olympics and ensured that she wouldn’t miss out again are revealed here for the first time. She also tells of her tough childhood and her battle to reach the heights that she has.

She then went on to further fame by appearing in ‘I’m a Celebrity’ where she proved to be hugely popular with the viewing public, eventually finishing fourth.

Sam now presents a variety of sports for TV, including men and women’s football, NFL and hockey. She has been signed up to be the main presenter for the women’s World Hockey Championships in 2018, held in August.

She is hugely popular on social media with thousands of followers on twitter and instagram. Sam also has some very strong views on how women are portrayed in sport and their treatment by both coaches and the media. This is a hugely topical subject at the moment and promises to remain so for some time.
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Sam Quek: Hope and a Hockey Stick
Sam Quek is mainly known for her starring role in the 2016 Olympic gold medal winning hockey team. This was the first time a British ladies team had won gold, but what is much less known is that Sam’s rise to the top of her spot was far from easy.

Sam missed out on being part of Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics but competed for England at the 2013 EuroHockey tournament and 2014 Commonwealth Games, which she won silver medals. She won the gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics after the GB hockey team beat the Netherlands on penalties.

How Sam overcame the bitter disappointment of being overlooked for the two previous Olympics and ensured that she wouldn’t miss out again are revealed here for the first time. She also tells of her tough childhood and her battle to reach the heights that she has.

She then went on to further fame by appearing in ‘I’m a Celebrity’ where she proved to be hugely popular with the viewing public, eventually finishing fourth.

Sam now presents a variety of sports for TV, including men and women’s football, NFL and hockey. She has been signed up to be the main presenter for the women’s World Hockey Championships in 2018, held in August.

She is hugely popular on social media with thousands of followers on twitter and instagram. Sam also has some very strong views on how women are portrayed in sport and their treatment by both coaches and the media. This is a hugely topical subject at the moment and promises to remain so for some time.
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Sam Quek: Hope and a Hockey Stick

Sam Quek: Hope and a Hockey Stick

by Sam Quek
Sam Quek: Hope and a Hockey Stick

Sam Quek: Hope and a Hockey Stick

by Sam Quek

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Overview

Sam Quek is mainly known for her starring role in the 2016 Olympic gold medal winning hockey team. This was the first time a British ladies team had won gold, but what is much less known is that Sam’s rise to the top of her spot was far from easy.

Sam missed out on being part of Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics but competed for England at the 2013 EuroHockey tournament and 2014 Commonwealth Games, which she won silver medals. She won the gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics after the GB hockey team beat the Netherlands on penalties.

How Sam overcame the bitter disappointment of being overlooked for the two previous Olympics and ensured that she wouldn’t miss out again are revealed here for the first time. She also tells of her tough childhood and her battle to reach the heights that she has.

She then went on to further fame by appearing in ‘I’m a Celebrity’ where she proved to be hugely popular with the viewing public, eventually finishing fourth.

Sam now presents a variety of sports for TV, including men and women’s football, NFL and hockey. She has been signed up to be the main presenter for the women’s World Hockey Championships in 2018, held in August.

She is hugely popular on social media with thousands of followers on twitter and instagram. Sam also has some very strong views on how women are portrayed in sport and their treatment by both coaches and the media. This is a hugely topical subject at the moment and promises to remain so for some time.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781526733504
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date: 07/30/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 232
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

Sam was born in the Wirral on Merseyside on October 18, 1988. She attended Birkenhead High School and Calday Grange Grammar School. Sam decided that she wanted to stay fairly close to home and studied a BSc in Sport and Exercise at Leeds Metropolitan University in 2010. She won her first international cap while studying at university. The hockey star is also a loyal supporter of Liverpool F.C. and regularly presents for the club’s official TV channel.

Table of Contents

Prologue vii

Chapter 1 Humble Beginnings 1

Chapter 2 No Girls Allowed 8

Chapter 3 Thank You Mr Cartmel 19

Chapter 4 Teenage Trials 27

Chapter 5 Making the Grade 34

Chapter 6 Uni Mates and a Hockey Great 41

Chapter 7 Moving On Up 45

Chapter 8 Jealousies and Rivalries 54

Chapter 9 Mental Torment 64

Chapter 10 A Pain Like No Other 70

Chapter 11 Here's What You Could Have Won 79

Chapter 12 Rediscovering Me 87

Chapter 13 Meeting My Match 93

Chapter 14 My Hunger Games 97

Chapter 15 Fighting Back from Rock Bottom 107

Chapter 16 'Quek, Sam' 116

Chapter 17 Village People 123

Chapter 18 When Hope Becomes Reality 136

Chapter 19 A Golden Moment 145

Chapter 20 Nana 154

Chapter 21 History Makers 158

Chapter 22 An Outsider in Demand 168

Chapter 23 TUE to IAC 179

Chapter 24 Welcome to the Jungle 183

Chapter 25 An Unexpected End to an Incredible Year 195

Epilogue 209

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