Jennifer Wilson (field hockey)

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Jennifer Wilson
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Personal information
Born (1979-03-27) 27 March 1979 (age 44)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
-2012 South Africa 28 (11)
Teams coached
YearsTeam
2018-2021 [1] Scotland
Medal record
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
All Africa Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Abuja, Nigeria

Jennifer "Jen" Wilson (born 27 March 1979) is the head coach for Scotland. She is a former South Africa international field hockey player.

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She was appointed Head Coach for Scotland on a 3 year contract, starting on 1 August 2018. [2]

Playing career

Wilson competed for South Africa at three Olympic Games: the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She also competed at three Hockey World Cups and three Commonwealth Games. [3] [4]

Coaching career

In 2015 to 2017 she was assistant coach for Scotland.

She has previously been Head Coach for Ashford Hockey Club Men’s 1st XI in the Kent/Sussex and South Premier League and later for Canterbury 1st XI in the Investec Women's Hockey League Premier Division and in the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup (women).

In Season 2019/20 Wilson is Head Coach for Sevenoaks 1st XI in the Investec Women's Hockey League Division One South, in addition to her part-time role as Head Coach for Scotland.

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References

  1. "Jen Wilson Decides to Step Down as Scotland Women's Head Coach". www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. "Jen Wilson appointed new Head Coach of Scotland women". 10 July 2018.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jenny Wilson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  4. "BBC Sport - London 2012 Olympics - Jennifer Wilson : South Africa, Hockey". BBC.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2014.