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The gold medal winner looks set to win the hearts of the British public
Olympian Sam Quek from Merseyside is best known for winning gold at the Olympics for Great Britain.
The Hockey player looks set to win the hearts of the British public during her stint in the jungle for the new series of I'm A Celebrity.She won her first international cap while studying at University back in 2008, and she's since gone on to achieve major success.
Sam captained the England team in 2014, and managed to compete in every game of the Champions Trophy tournament despite breaking two of her ribs during the opening game.
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Sam's set for success on I'm A Celebrity
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There's be no romance for the star as she has a long term boyfriend
Her finest moment came earlier this year, when she took home gold at the Rio games after Team GB beat Netherlands during a close penalty shootout.
Sam's a big Beyonce fan, but recently admitted that she can't listen to the singer before a match because it gets her "too pumped".
She previously appeared on TV during an episode BBC antiques show For What It's Worth alongside her boyfriend, Thomas Mairs.
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Sam won gold at Rio
The couple have been dating for three years after they met during a night out at a nightclub in Liverpool in 2013.
The 16th series of I'm A Celebrity is due to start next week on ITV, and they've announced big changes for the spin-off show, the newly named I'm A Celebrity: Extra Camp.
Vicky Pattison and Chris Ramsey are joining the team, the show's official Twitter announced, while Joe Swash will be joined by his girlfriend and former Jungle Queen Stacey Solomon.
Twitter:@SamanthaQuek Famous for: Sam was part of Team GB's Rio 2016 Olympic gold medal-winning women's hockey team
Biography: Hockey star Sam Quek was a key part of Great Britain's historic triumph in the Rio Olympics hockey tournament. As a defender, she was integral to Team GB's unbeaten run, which culminated with the jubilant penalty shoot-out win against the Netherlands.
Sam won her first cap in 2008 while she was still at university and has gone on to represent her country a total of 50 times. She was also part of the side that took silver at the Commonwealth Games in 2014, the same year that she first captained the team.
Following a leak of records from the World Anti-Doping Agency, Sam took a stand over the issue of Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs), which allow athletes to use certain medication such as the inhaler she had used some years ago. She defended the need for TUEs and criticised the potential stigma that could be attached to them.
Born on the Wirral in Merseyside, Sam is a massive Liverpool FC fan (as a glance at her Twitter account will confirm) and also follows American Football. She is of Singaporean descent.
Apart from the numerous interviews she did following Team GB's Olympic win, Sam is a relative newcomer to TV – although earlier this year she and her boyfriend did take part in BBC1's antiques game show For What It's Worth.
You can learn a little bit more about Sam in this video from her Facebook page...
Here she is talking to This Morning about her Olympic experience...
And here she is defending TUEs against links to drug cheats...
