Amy Costello

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Amy Costello
Personal information
Full name Amy Ewart Costello
Born (1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 25)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club UHC Hamburg
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016 Scotland 59 (6)
2018 Great Britain 32 (1)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team

Amy Ewart Costello (born 14 January 1998) is a Scottish field hockey player who plays as a defender in the German Women's Feldhockey Bundesliga for UHC Hamburg and for the Scotland and Great Britain national teams.

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Club career

She plays club hockey in the German Women's Feldhockey Bundesliga for UHC Hamburg.[ citation needed ]

Costello previously played in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for East Grinstead.[ citation needed ] She has also played for University of Birmingham and Edinburgh University Women's Hockey Club. [1] [2]

International career

She was included in the Great Britain squad for the women's field hockey tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in July and August 2021. Though designated as an alternate player, [3] due to rule changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic she was eligible to compete in all matches (unlike previous tournaments, in which alternates could only compete after permanently replacing an injured player). [4] Though Great Britain earned the bronze medal, she did not make an appearance and was therefore ineligible to receive a medal. [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Seniors Women Team - Scottish Hockey".
  2. "Amy Costello - GB Hockey". www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. "Great Britain Squads Announced For Tokyo Olympics". Great Britain Hockey . 17 June 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  4. "Flexibility introduced for team rosters in several sports at Olympic Games Tokyo 2020". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. "Hockey (Women): Cumulative Statistics, GBR – Great Britain" (PDF). Olympics.com. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. "Hockey (Women): Medallists" (PDF). Olympics.com. 6 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.