Maddie Hinch
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 October 1988 West Chiltington, West Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maddie Hinch (born 8 October 1988) is an English field hockey player. She plays for Great Britain and England as a goalkeeper.[1]
Hockey career
Hinch began playing hockey after a schoolteacher spotted her catching and diving talents in a game of rounders. Initially she was not overly keen on playing in goal and suffered a number of rejections as a youngster,[2] but persevered and won a Youth Olympic Games medal. She made her full international debut in 2008,[3][4] but narrowly missed out on a place in the Great Britain squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics. She soon took over as number one choice and won the silver medal for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[5][6]
In 2015 she enjoyed a breakthrough year, saving a penalty to ensure England won the EuroHockey Championships in London, then being nominated for FIH Goalkeeper of the Year.[7]
In 2016 she played in her first Olympic games, surpassing 100 international appearances[8] during the Rio 2016 Olympics. She won an Olympic gold medal in Rio in 2016, saving all four penalties in the final shoot-out against The Netherlands. Her outstanding performance was widely credited in the media as the deciding factor in the game's outcome.[9]
She has played club hockey for Exmouth, Leicester and Holcombe. She will play for Dutch club SCHC in 2016/17.
Education
She has a degree in Sport & Exercise Science from Loughborough University.
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- ↑ "Maddie Hinch on why GB women can win hockey gold". BBC Sport. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympics and playing it cool in front of Andy Murray – Maddie Hinch". BBC. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ↑ "Maddie Hinch – England Hockey". England Hockey. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "Maddie Hinch – GB Hockey". GB Hockey. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014 – Maddie Hinch Profile". glasgow2014.com. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "BBC Sport – Maddie Hinch: England keeper determined to cement place". BBC.com. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "EuroHockey 2015: England beat Netherlands in penalty shootout". BBC. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ↑ "England Hockey". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/20/team-gbs-hockey-women-lead-the-way-and-beat-the-penalty-hoodoo/. Missing or empty
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