Great Britain women's national field hockey team
This article is about the women's hockey team. For the men's hockey team, see Great Britain men's national field hockey team.
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Association | GB Hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Confederation | EHF (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Danny Kerry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach | Craig Keegan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Karen Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captain | Kate Richardson-Walsh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Great Britain women's national field hockey team represents Great Britain in international field hockey tournaments such as the Summer Olympics.
In other competitions, including the Hockey World Cup, the Commonwealth Games and some editions of the Hockey Champions Trophy, the four home nations compete in their own right: England, Ireland (includes both the Republic and Northern Ireland), Scotland and Wales.[1][2]
The team has won gold once and bronze twice at the Summer Olympics, and silver once in the Champions Trophy.
Tournament record
Summer Olympics
World League
- 2014–15 – 7th place
Champions Trophy
Current squad
The following is the Great Britain roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]
Head coach: Danny Kerry
# | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Hinch, MaddieMaddie Hinch | 08 October 1988 (aged 27) | |||
4 | DF | Unsworth, LauraLaura Unsworth | 08 March 1988 (aged 28) | |||
5 | DF | Cullen, CristaCrista Cullen | 20 August 1985 (aged 30) | |||
6 | FW | Macleod, HannahHannah Macleod | 01 January 1990 (aged 26) | |||
7 | MF | Twigg, GeorgieGeorgie Twigg | 21 November 1990 (aged 25) | |||
8 | MF | Richardson-Walsh, HelenHelen Richardson-Walsh | 23 September 1981 (aged 34) | |||
9 | MF | Townsend, SusannahSusannah Townsend | 28 July 1989 (aged 27) | |||
11 | DF | Richardson-Walsh, KateKate Richardson-Walsh (C) | 09 May 1980 (aged 36) | |||
13 | DF | Quek, SamSam Quek | 18 October 1988 (aged 27) | |||
15 | FW | Danson, AlexAlex Danson | 21 May 1985 (aged 31) | |||
18 | DF | Ansley, GiselleGiselle Ansley | 31 March 1992 (aged 24) | |||
19 | FW | Bray, SophieSophie Bray | 12 May 1990 (aged 26) | |||
20 | DF | Webb, HollieHollie Webb | 19 September 1990 (aged 25) | |||
24 | MF | McCallin, ShonaShona McCallin | 18 May 1992 (aged 24) | |||
26 | FW | Owsley, LilyLily Owsley | 10 December 1994 (aged 21) | |||
28 | MF | White, NicolaNicola White | 20 January 1988 (aged 28) |
See also
- Great Britain men's national field hockey team
- England women's national hockey team
- Ireland women's national field hockey team
- Scotland women's national field hockey team
- Wales women's national field hockey team
References
- ↑ "GB Hockey official site". Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "London 2012 Women's Hockey Results". Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "Meet the hockey squads heading to Rio 2016!". Team GB. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
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