Sam Quek

thumb|Sam Quek in 2015 Samantha Ann Quek, MBE (born 18 October 1988) is an English television personality and former field hockey player. She played as a defender for both the England and Great Britain teams, wearing squad number 13, and won gold as part of the British team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Quotes The first thing as an Olympic athlete if you get selected to go to Paris, as soon as you are selected, not as a reserve, in the starting team, everything else goes out the window. Then you can breathe and focus on the job. Sam Quek recalls helplessness of Team GB selection process for Olympics: ‘My mind was gone’, INDEPENDENT, 09 November 2023 by Paul Edison We were constantly, analysing and thinking, maybe overthinking. But you learn to control what you can control. The run-up to the Olympics is not nice. You thrive under pressure, that’s what you do, but there nothing is in your control. Sam Quek recalls helplessness of Team GB selection process for Olympics: ‘My mind was gone’, INDEPENDENT, 09 November 2023 by Paul Edison External links Questions of Sport(BBC One) Morning Live (BBC One) Category:Field hockey players Category:Television personalities Category:Women from England Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Olympic gold medalists Category:Opposite-sex twins