Lily Owsley

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Lily Owsley
MBE
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Personal information
Born (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 29)
Bristol, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing position Midfield or Forward
Club information
Current club hdm
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–present England 88 (19)
2014–present Great Britain 76 (17)
ENGLAND & GB TOTAL: 164 (36)
Medal record
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 2020 Tokyo Team
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 London
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Amstelveen
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Team
Last updated on: 8 August 2022

Lily Isabelle Owsley, MBE [1] (born 10 December 1994) in Bristol, England is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch club hdm and the England and Great Britain national teams. [2]

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Club career

Owsley plays club hockey in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for hdm. [3] She has been playing hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for Hampstead & Westminster. and has also played for University of Birmingham

International career

She won gold competing for Great Britain at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she scored GB's first goal of the tournament as well as the first goal in the Gold Medal final. [4] She competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal. [5] She was selected for the 2018 Commonwealth Team but had to withdraw due to injury.

Owsley won Euro hockey gold with England in August 2015 at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. She scored the final goal to end full-time 2–2 with the Netherlands, then England won the penalty shoot out. [6]

In January 2016, Owsley was named global FIH Rising Star of 2015. [7]

In June 2021, it was announced that Owsley would be partaking in her second Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020, representing Great Britain in the Women's field hockey team.

Education

Lily was educated at Clifton College and The University of Birmingham.

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References

  1. "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk . Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 77. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. "Lily Owsley".
  3. "Olympic Champion Lily Owsley signs for HDM - Hockey World News".
  4. "Lily Owsley website".
  5. "Lily Owsley biography".
  6. "Latest Media | England Hockey".
  7. "Lily Owsley: Rising star on hockey award & Olympic dream". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.