Michelle Vittese
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
December 6, 1989 Camden, NJ, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 126 lb (57 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Spirit of USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | United States | 211 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
Michelle Vittese (born December 6, 1989) is an American field hockey player.[1] At the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed for the United States women's national field hockey team in the women's event.[2][3] She was born in Philadelphia.[1]
Background
[edit]Vittese grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and graduated from Camden Catholic High School in 2008.[4] She played field hockey for the University of Virginia and graduated with a major in history. She currently resides in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In June 2016, she was part of the USA women's national team that finished with a bronze medal at the 2016 Champion's Trophy in London. Recently, Vittese led her team to win the bronze medal in the Pan American Cup against Canada in August 2017.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Michelle Vittese". London2012.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013.
- ^ "Hockey: Women: United States". London2012.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
- ^ "Michelle Vittese Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
- ^ Michelle Vittese, United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved August 10, 2016. "Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa.; Hometown: Cherry Hill, N.J.; High School: Camden Catholic ('08)"
- ^ Come from behind win Earns USwNT PAC Bronze medal Team USA August 13, 2017
External links
[edit]- Michelle Vittese at Olympedia
- Michelle Vittese at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
 | ||
| ||
  | This biographical article relating to an American field hockey figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1989 births
- Living people
- American female field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for the United States
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Cherry Hill, New Jersey
- Virginia Cavaliers field hockey players
- Female field hockey midfielders
- Field hockey players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Field hockey players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in field hockey
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- American field hockey biography stubs