Sam Quek
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| Birth name | Samantha Ann Quek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 October 1988 Liverpool, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (9 st 11 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | England United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Field hockey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samantha Ann Quek (born 18 October 1988) is an English former field hockey player and television presenter. 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.
Quek has presented various television sports shows, including American football on the BBC, rugby union on Channel 5, field hockey on BT Sport, and football for Channel 4 and LFC TV. She has appeared as a contestant on shows including I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2016 and Celebrity Masterchef in 2020, where she reached the final three.
In 2021, Quek became a team captain on the BBC One sports panel show, Question of Sport and appeared as a contestant on the twenty-second series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2024.