Hollie Webb
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Born |
Belper, Derbyshire | 19 September 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2013– | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hollie Webb (born 19 September 1990) is a British field hockey player.
Webb made her international debut in 2013. She competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.[1][2]
Webb is from Belper, Derbyshire and attended The Ecclesbourne School.[3] She has played club hockey for Surbiton, Beeston, Cannock and Belper.[4][5] She won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games.
She received widespread praise by scoring the winning penalty in the 2016 Olympic final in Rio. The success propelled the Great Britain women's national field hockey team to their first ever gold at an Olympic games.
References
- ↑ "GB Hockey Profile". Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Hollie Webb biography".
- ↑ "Derbyshire hockey player Hollie Webb plans gold medal at Rio Olympics". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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