Personal information | |||
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Born | Grasse, France | 12 May 1990||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | East Grinstead | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2019 | England | 86 | (28) |
2014–2019 | Great Britain | 48 | (16) |
Medal record |
Sophie Charlotte Bray, MBE (born 12 May 1990) is an English international field hockey player who played as a forward for England and Great Britain. [1] [2]
She currently plays club hockey in the Investec Women's Hockey League Premier Division for East Grinstead.
Bray lives in Claygate, Surrey but was born in France where her father worked as a marketing consultant. Back in England she played tennis and football at local clubs, representing Surrey at tennis aged 11. She gave up playing tennis and played football for Fulham Ladies, because she preferred a team sport. She was educated at Tiffin Girls' School, Kingston upon Thames joining Surbiton Hockey Club during her time at the school, initially playing for the colts aged 16, before progressing to the senior team.
She attended the University of Birmingham where she studied psychology. [3] [4]
Bray competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal, [5] and was a member of the Investec sponsored winning team at the EuroHockey Championships in 2015.
In 2016, she competed for Team GB in the women's Olympic field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where Team GB won gold in the final against the Netherlands after a penalty shoot out.
Bray was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to hockey. [6] [7]
Bray has also played for Surbiton, Uni of Birmingham and in the Netherlands for MOP Hockey Club, Vught, near Eindhoven and most recently Kampong.
On 4 February 2019, Bray announced her retirement from international hockey. During her international career she scored 44 goals and made 134 appearances for England and Great Britain. [8]
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