Lily Owsley

Lily Owsley
MBE
Owsley in 2013
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 https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Atlético_Banco_de_la_Provincia_de_Buenos_Aires
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2013–present England 88 (19)
2014–present Great Britain 76 (17)
ENGLAND & GB TOTAL: 250 (36)
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
2020 Tokyo Team
Representing  England
European Championship
2015 London
2017 Amstelveen
Commonwealth Games
2022 Birmingham Team
2014 Glasgow Team
Last updated on: 8 August 2022

Lily Isabelle Owsley (born 10 December 1994) in Bristol, England is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Argentine club https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Atlético_Banco_de_la_Provincia_de_Buenos_Aires and the England and Great Britain national teams.[1] She´s also a big argentine football fan, allegedly a Club Atlético Platense fan

Club career

Owsley plays club hockey in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for hdm.[2] 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

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]

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.

At the end of the 2024 season, Owsley joined Banco Provincia in Argentina.[7]

Education

Lily was educated at Clifton College, The University of Birmingham and King's College London.

References

  1. ^ "Lily Owsley".
  2. ^ "Olympic Champion Lily Owsley signs for HDM – Hockey World News". 5 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Lily Owsley website".
  4. ^ "Lily Owsley biography". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Latest Media | England Hockey".
  6. ^ "Lily Owsley: Rising star on hockey award & Olympic dream". BBC Sport. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  7. ^ "England Hockey League Women's Premier Division: Summer Transfers". The Top of the D. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
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