Lily Owsley
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| Personal information | |||
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| Born |
10 December 1994 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 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–present | England | 88 | (19) |
| 2014–present | Great Britain | 76 | (17) |
| ENGLAND & GB TOTAL: | 164 | (36) | |
Medal record | |||
| 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]
Club career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Lily was educated at Clifton College, The University of Birmingham and King's College London.
References
[edit]- ^ "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 77. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Lily Owsley".
- ^ "Olympic Champion Lily Owsley signs for HDM - Hockey World News". 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Lily Owsley website".
- ^ "Lily Owsley biography".
- ^ "Latest Media | England Hockey".
- ^ "Lily Owsley: Rising star on hockey award & Olympic dream". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
External links
[edit]- Lily Owsley at the International Hockey Federation
- Lily Owsley at Olympics.com
- Lily Owsley at Olympedia
- Lily Owsley at Team GB
- Lily Owsley at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- English female field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- People educated at Clifton College
- British female field hockey players
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Sportspeople from Bristol
- Female field hockey forwards
- Women's England Hockey League players
- University of Birmingham Hockey Club players
- Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club players
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportswomen