UPTON Roisin

Date of Birth: 1 Apr 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.69/5'6''

Place of birth: LIMERICK

Birth Country:

Ireland

Place of residence : LIMERICK

Residence Country:

Ireland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Hockey	Women IRL Ireland	10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool A #W02 IRL Ireland 2 RSA South Africa 0	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool A #W07 NED Netherlands 4 IRL Ireland 0	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool A #W16 GER Germany 4 IRL Ireland 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool A #W24 IRL Ireland 0 IND India 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool A #W30 IRL Ireland 0 GBR Great Britain 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2018	London, GBR

EuroHockey Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2019	Antwerp, BEL
6	Women	2021	Amsterdam, NED
6	Women	2017	Amstelveen, NED

Travelling, listening to music, reading, sports. (hockey.ie, 14 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Education - Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, IRL

Languages spoken:

Catholic Institute Hockey Club [Limerick, IRL] since 2018

Dave Passmore [club]; Sean Dancer [national], AUS

Position style:

Midfielder (hockey.ie, 14 Jan 2020)

2016 for Ireland (hockey.ie, 14 Jan 2020)

A broken bone in her wrist [ulna] during the Olympic qualifier against Canada in Dublin, Ireland, caused her to miss over nine weeks through injury. She returned to competition in January 2020 for a tour of South Africa. (irishexaminer.com, 17 Dec 2019; irishtimes.com, 12 Dec 2019)

National league:

Irish Hockey League (munsterhockey.ie, 18 Sep 2020)

She began playing the sport in her first year in high school at Crescent College Comprehensive in Limerick, Ireland. (careersportal.ie, 09 Aug 2018)

She was originally involved in Gaelic football before switching to hockey in high school. "I began playing the sport in my first year of high school. I wasn't too keen because I was an avid Gaelic football player but I gave it a go after some persuasion. I really fell in love with it." (irishtimes.com, 12 Dec 2019; careersportal.ie, 09 Aug 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (irishexaminer.com, 04 Nov 2019)

Scoring the deciding goal in the penalty shootout against Canada in the qualifier for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, winning silver at the 2018 World Cup in London, England. (irishexaminer.com, 04 Nov 2019; careersportal.ie, 09 Aug 2018)

Under her Irish socks she wears one from Catholic Institute Hockey Club and the other from Crescent College Comprehensive. "My roots mean so much to me and under my Irish socks I wear each sock from each club to remember how far I came." (irishexaminer.com, 04 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"Set goals. Keep learning. Enjoy yourself." (hockey.ie, 14 Jan 2020)

She was named the Irish Times and Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Month for November 2019. (irishtimes.com, 12 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
She works as a digital marketing and communications administrator for online hockey store So Hockey, which is based in Limerick, Ireland. She also works as a primary school teacher. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020; irishtimes.com, 01 Nov 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She studied psychology at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, United States of America. She also played hockey for the university for four seasons from 2012/13 to 2015/16. Between 2017 and 2019 she studied for a master's in education and primary school teaching at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, Ireland. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020; uconnhuskies.com, 2015)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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