Ollie Payne

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Ollie Payne
Personal information
Born (1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 26)
Totnes, England
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career
YearsTeam
–2017 Dart Hockey Club
2017–2020 Durham University
2020–2025 Holcombe
2025–2026 Amsterdam
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2017–2019 England & GB U21 26 (0)
2020–present England & GB 81 (0)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
EuroHockey Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Mönchengladbach
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Valencia

Oliver John Payne (born 6 April 1999) is an English field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Amsterdam and the England and Great Britain national teams. [1]

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He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Club career

Payne began playing hockey for Dart Hockey Club before studying Sports and Exercise Science at Durham University. [2] After Durham he joined Holcombe in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for the 2020 season. [3] In 2024 he signed for Dutch Hoofdklasse side Amsterdam to join from the 2025–26 season.. [4]

International career

While at Durham, Payne was capped for the Great Britain U21 team and was the goalkeeper of the tournament at the 2019 Sultan of Johor Cup. [5] He was selected to represent Great Britain for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo [6] and on 28 May 2021, he was selected as the first choice goalkeeper in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship [7] and won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [8] He then won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach. [9]

He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [10] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India. [11]

He joined Dutch club Amsterdam for the 2025–26 season. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Ollie Payne joins GB men's senior squad". GB Hockey. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Alumni in Team GB hockey squad 2024". Durham University . 27 June 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "New player - Ollie Payne". Holcombe Hockey Club.
  4. ↑ "Ollie Payne signs with Amsterdam Hockey Club". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Player Awards". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Team GB hockey: 21 players to make Olympic debuts as men's and women's squads are named". Sky Sports. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "EuroHockey: England men lose out to the Netherlands in dramatic final". BBC Sport. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "England Hockey Premier Division transfers 2025/26: Ins and Outs". The Hockey Paper. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
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