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Rhona Isabel Simpson (born 14 July 1972 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish field hockey player who has played for her country over 280 times. By 2014 she was Scotland’s most-capped hockey player and top goal scorer.

Simpson started playing hockey at the age of 12 as part of the curriculum at her school, Wellington School, Ayr. She went on to be selected for the South West District Team.

She twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000). Simpson became top scorer at the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifier in Rome, Italy, alongside Kaori Chiba (Japan), Tomomi Komori (Japan) and Maryna Vynohradova (Ukraine), scoring six goals.

She represented Scotland at the Kuala Lumpur 1998, Manchester 2002 and Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.

She studied at Heriot-Watt University and subsequently worked as a PE teacher.

References

1. Legacy 2014 XX Commonwealth Games Scotland 'Scotland's Sporting Heroes'. Retrieved 16 August 2016
2. Rowbottom, Mike (4 December 1995). "Simpson earns brief respite". The Independent. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

External links

• Rhona Simpson at Olympedia
• Rhona Simpson at Team GB
• Rhona Simpson at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Rhona Simpson at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Rhona Simpson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Rhona Simpson – International tournaments

v t e Scotland squad – 1995 European Nations Cup – 6th place 1 Lawrie 2 Robb 3 Delholm 4 Walker 5 S. Fraser 6 Jack 7 Messenger 8 Corcoran 9 Renilson 10 W. Fraser 11 Ramsay 12 Robertson (c) 13 Simpson 14 Gilmour 15 Menzies 16 McDonald Coach: Gilbert v t e Great Britain squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – 4th place 1 Thompson 2 Rose 3 Cook 4 Cullen 6 Brown 7 Atkins 8 Fraser 9 Simpson 10 Nicholls 11 Sixsmith 12 Robertson (c) 13 Mould 14 Miller 15 Bennett 16 Davies 17 Johnson Coach: Slocombe v t e Great Britain squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – 4th place 1 Thompson 2 Rose 3 Cook 4 Cullen 6 Brown 7 Atkins 8 Fraser 9 Simpson 10 Nicholls 11 Sixsmith 12 Robertson (c) 13 Mould 14 Miller 15 Bennett 16 Davies 17 Johnson Coach: Slocombe v t e Scotland squad – 1998 FIH World Cup – 10th place 1 Lawrie 2 Robb 3 Denholm 4 Walker 5 Pearson 6 Jack 7 Fraser 8 Corcoran 9 MacDonald 10 Simpson 11 Grant 12 Burton 13 Robertson (c) 14 Renilson 15 Neil 16 Gilmour Coach: Gilbert v t e Scotland squad – 1998 Commonwealth Games – 6th place 1 Lawrie 2 Robb 3 Denholm 4 Walker 5 Pearson 6 Jack 7 Fraser 8 Corcoran 9 MacDonald 10 Simpson 11 Grant 12 Burton 13 Robertson (c) 14 Renilson 15 Neil 16 Gilmour Coach: Gilbert v t e Scotland squad – 1999 European Nations Cup – 6th place 1 Robb (c) 2 Goldsack 3 Kleppang 4 Walker 5 Longmuir 6 Jack 7 Fraser 8 Corcoran 9 Burley 10 Simpson 11 Grant 12 Burton 13 Judge 14 Rochlin 15 Thomson 16 Gilmour 17 Forbes 18 Wilson Coach: Gilbert v t e Great Britain squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – 8th place 1 Reid 2 Rose 3 Bowden 4 Smith 6 Clewlow 7 Cullen 8 Johnson 9 Wright 10 Sixsmith 11 Simpson 12 Marston-Smith 13 Richardson 14 Greenham 15 Stott 16 Walsh 17 Nicholson Coach: Royce v t e Scotland squad – 2002 Commonwealth Games – 6th place 1 Robb (c) 2 McLeod 3 MacDonald 4 Walker 5 Longmuir 6 Lampard 7 Burley 8 Thomson 9 Judge 10 Simpson 11 Grant 12 Clement 13 Gray 14 Rochlin 16 Gilmour 17 Gordon Coach: Gilbert v t e Scotland squad – 2002 FIH World Cup – 12th place 1 Robb (c) 2 McLeod 3 Bunce 4 Walker 5 Longmuir 6 Lampard 7 Burley 8 Young 9 Judge 10 Simpson 11 Grant 12 Clement 13 Valentine 14 Rochlin 15 Rowatt 16 Gilmour 17 Gordon 18 Carroll Coach: Gilbert v t e Scotland squad – 2003 European Nations Cup – 7th place 1 Walker 2 Kilpatrick 3 Bunce 4 Munn 5 Longmuir 6 Lampard 7 Gray 8 Robb (c) 9 Judge 10 Simpson 11 Burley 12 Clement 13 Valentine 14 Rochlin 15 Rowatt 16 Gilmour 17 Gordon 18 Carroll Coach: Gilbert v t e Scotland squad – 2006 FIH World Cup Qualifier 1 McLeod 2 Rae 3 Bunce 4 Munn 5 Gordon 6 Kilpatrick 7 Burley 8 Forrest 9 Judge 10 Simpson 11 Cram 12 Clement (c) 13 Valentine 14 Rochlin 15 Rowatt 16 Semple 17 Kidd 18 Carroll Coach: Hobley v t e Scotland squad – 2006 Commonwealth Games – 6th place 1 McLeod 2 Rae 3 Bunce 4 Munn 6 Kilpatrick 7 Burley 8 Forrest 9 Judge 10 Simpson 12 Clement (c) 13 Valentine 14 Rochlin 15 Rowatt 16 Semple 17 Kidd 18 Carroll Coach: Hobley

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