Beth Storry

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Beth Storry
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Storry in 2009
Personal information
Born24 April 1978 (1978-04-24) (age 46)
Reading, Berkshire, England [1]
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport Field hockey
Coached byDave Smolenaars [2]
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London Team
Champions Trophy
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Rosario Team
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Manchester Team
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Team
Champions Challenge
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Baku Team

Elizabeth Louise "Beth" Storry [3] (born 24 April 1978) is an English field hockey goalkeeper. She was part of the British teams that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and placed sixth in 2008. [1]

Storry is lesbian. She lives with her partner in Utrecht and works as a business manager with Nike, Inc. She is an accomplished baker, [4] and in 2014 appeared in the Dutch version of The Great British Bake Off TV show, Heel Holland Bakt. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Beth Storry Archived 3 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference
  2. Elizabeth Storry. olympics.org.uk
  3. GRO reference: June 1978, Vol. 19, Page 0793
  4. Utrechtse Beth Storry met een gebakken Domtoren door naar finale Heel Holland Bakt. duic.nl (20 October 2014)
  5. "Utrechtse Beth Storry verliest in finale van Heel Holland Bakt - De Utrechtse Internet Courant". De Utrechtse Internet Courant (in Dutch). 27 October 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2016.