Hannah Macleod

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Hannah Macleod
MBE
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Personal information
Full name Hannah Louise Macleod
Born (1984-06-09) 9 June 1984 (age 39)
Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London Team
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 London

Hannah Louise Macleod, MBE [1] (born 9 June 1984) is an English field hockey player.

Macleod began her youth career at St Ives Hockey Club, Cambridge, and rose up the ranks to play for their first team. [2] She went on to play club hockey for St Albans, Leicester and Loughborough Students. [3]

She made her international debut in 2003. She competed for the Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, helping the team win bronze. [4] [5]

In October 2012, the Olympic medals of Macleod and Alex Partridge were stolen along with their jackets during a night at Mahiki in London. [6] The stolen medal was recovered when it was sent anonymously by mail to the headquarters of England Hockey. [7]

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Macleod played for the GB field hockey team again. The team won the gold medal. [8]

Macleod attended Loughborough University where she achieved BSc Sport and Exercise Science in 2005. In 2018, the University awarded her an honorary doctorate [9] .

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References

  1. GRO reference: June 1984, Vol. 7, Page 1612
  2. Mason, Aaron (21 September 2016). "Hannah Macleod honoured by St Ives Hockey Club". Cambridge News. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hannah Macleod". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  5. "GB Hockey Profile" . Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  6. "Hannah Macleod's stolen Olympic bronze medal returned". BBC. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  7. "Stolen Olympic bronze medal is returned in post". The Guardian. Press Association. 26 October 2012. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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  9. "Honorary Graduates and University Medallists | Graduation | Loughborough University". www.lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2024.