Laura Unsworth
 Unsworth at the 2010 Champions Trophy | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
8 March 1988 Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England | ||
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder/Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | East Grinstead | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008– | England | 145 | (7) |
| 2009– | Great Britain | 119 | (4) |
Medal record | |||
Laura Unsworth, MBE (born 8 March 1988) is an English international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or defender for England and Great Britain.[1][2]
Career
Unsworth attended Coppice Primary School, Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls and Loughborough University.
She plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for East Grinstead.
Unsworth made her international debut in 2008 and was part of the Great Britain teams that won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics and bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
She has also competed for England at the Europeans winning 2 bronze, a silver and most recently a Gold in London in 2015.[3] She also competed for England at the Commonwealth Games, securing bronze and silver at the 2010 and 2014.[4] [5]
Unsworth has also played for Holcombe, Loughborough Students and Sutton Coldfield.[6]
References
- ^ "Weekend Birthdays", The Guardian, p. 45, 8 March 2014
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Laura Unsworth". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ "Unibet EuroHockey Championships 2015". Unibet EuroHockey Championships 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ "GB Hockey Profile". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ https://tms.fih.ch/people/522
- ^ "WHL Statistics". fixtureslive.com. UK. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
External links
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- English female field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Loughborough Students field hockey players
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- People educated at Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
- Sportspeople from Sutton Coldfield
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Female field hockey defenders
- Holcombe Hockey Club players
- East Grinstead Hockey Club players
- Women's England Hockey League players
- English field hockey biography stubs