Hollie Webb

Hollie Webb
Personal information
Born (1990-09-19) 19 September 1990
Belper, Derbyshire
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Playing position Defender
National team
2013– Great Britain
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
Commonwealth Games 0 1 0
European Championship 1 1 0
Total 2 2 0
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow Team
European Championship
2015 London
2013 Boom

Hollie Webb (born 19 September 1990) is a British field hockey player.

Webb made her international debut in 2013. She competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.[1][2]

Webb is from Belper, Derbyshire and attended The Ecclesbourne School.[3] She has played club hockey for Surbiton, Beeston, Cannock and Belper.[4][5] She won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games.

She received widespread praise by scoring the winning penalty in the 2016 Olympic final in Rio. The success propelled the Great Britain women's national field hockey team to their first ever gold at an Olympic games.

References

  1. ↑ "GB Hockey Profile". Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Hollie Webb biography".
  3. ↑ "Derbyshire hockey player Hollie Webb plans gold medal at Rio Olympics". Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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