Lily Owsley

Lily Isabelle Owsley, MBE[1] (born 10 December 1994) in Bristol, England is an English international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for England and Great Britain. [2]

Lily Owsley
MBE
Personal information
Born (1994-12-10) 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 Hampstead & Westminster
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– England 83 (17)
2014– Great Britain 71 (16)

Owsley plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for Hampstead & Westminster.

She has also played for Uni of Birmingham

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.[3] She competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.[4] 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.[5]

In January 2016, Owsley was named global FIH Rising Star of 2015.[6]

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