Lily Owsley
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| Born |
10 December 1994 Bristol, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Uni of Birmingham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | England | 78 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Great Britain | 49 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lily Isabelle Owsley, MBE[1] (born 10 December 1994) is an English international field hockey player who plays as a forward for England and Great Britain.
Owsley plays club hockey in the Investec Women's Hockey League Premier Division for Uni of Birmingham.
She won gold competing for Great Britain at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.[2] 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.[3]
In January 2016, Owsley was named global FIH Rising Star of 2015.[4]
She is currently at the University of Birmingham studying Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation.[5]
References
- ^ "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 77. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Lily Owsley biography".
- ^ http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=33727&itemTitle=Hinch+inspires+England+to+glorious+gold§ion=22
- ^ "Lily Owsley: Rising star on hockey award & Olympic dream". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "University of Birmingham's Owsley makes Olympic history in hockey Gold triumph". www.birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
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