BALSDON Grace

Date of Birth: 13 Apr 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.68/5'6''

Place of birth: CANTERBURY

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : CANTERBURY

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Hockey	Women GBR Great Britain	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool A #W03 GBR Great Britain 1 GER Germany 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool A #W09 RSA South Africa 1 GBR Great Britain 4	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool A #W14 GBR Great Britain 4 IND India 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool A #W20 GBR Great Britain 0 NED Netherlands 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool A #W30 IRL Ireland 0 GBR Great Britain 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Quarter-final #W32 ESP Spain 2 (0) GBR Great Britain 2 (2)	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Semi-final #W35 NED Netherlands 5 GBR Great Britain 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Bronze Medal Match #W37 GBR Great Britain 4 IND India 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2018	London, GBR

FIH Pro League

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2020
8	Women	2019

Champions Trophy

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2018	Changzhou, CHN

World League Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2016/2017	Auckland, NZL

EuroHockey Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2019	Antwerp, BEL
5	Women	2021	Amsterdam, NED

Baking, collecting vinyl records, reading. (englandhockey.co.uk, 18 Oct 2018; greatbritishlife.co.uk, 08 May 2018)

Occupation:

Physical Education, Sports Science - Canterbury Christ Church University, Great Britain

Languages spoken:

Hampstead & Westminster [London, GBR] since 2019

Mark Hager [national], AUS

Position style:

Defender (englandhockey.co.uk, 2014)

Sporting relatives:

Her brother Jack represented England in hockey at U21 level. (umterps.com, 12 Nov 2016)

2014 for Great Britain, in Prague, Czech Republic (canterburytimes.co.uk, 30 Jan 2014)

National league:

Premier Division [ENG] (englandhockey.co.uk, 01 Oct 2020)

She took up the sport at age seven while at junior school, before joining Canterbury Hockey Club minis training. (greatbritishlife.co.uk, 08 May 2018)

Her parents encouraged her to take up the sport. (kentonline.co.uk, 16 Jan 2014)

General Interest

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
After completing her bachelor's degree in physical education and sport science in 2014, she continued her studies as a graduate student at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD, United States of America between 2016 and 2017. (LinkedIn profile, 01 May 2017; umterps.com, 12 Nov 2016)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has done volunteer work with the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust and coached young people within schools. (greatbritishlife.co.uk, 08 May 2018; johnwhitgiftfoundation.org, 01 Jan 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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