OWSLEY Lily

Date of Birth: 10 Dec 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.71/5'7''

Place of birth: BRISTOL

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : BRISTOL

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

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2018	London, GBR
11	Women	2014	The Hague, NED

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
3	Women	2017	Amstelveen, NED
4	Women	2019	Antwerp, BEL
5	Women	2021	Amsterdam, NED

Supporting English football team Bristol City. (englandhockey.co.uk, 25 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Exercise Science, Sport Studies - University of Birmingham, Great Britain

Languages spoken:

Hampstead & Westminster [London, GBR] since 2019/20

Mark Hager [national], AUS

Position style:

Forward (englandhockey.co.uk, 25 Aug 2019)

Sporting relatives:

Her mother Jen Owsley played club hockey in England and has worked as a tutor at Bristol City Football Club's youth academy. Her father Richard has coached youth rugby at Clifton College in Bristol and her sister Emily Owsley has played hockey at university level in England. Her brother Freddie has played rugby union for English Premiership side the Bristol Bears. (swlondoner.co.uk, 08 Dec 2020; englandhockey.co.uk, 31 Jan 2016; telegraph.co.uk, 26 Mar 2016; Emily Owsley LinkedIn profile, 01 Oct 2019)

Other sports:

She played football for Bristol City's junior women's team in England. (bbc.co.uk, 29 Jan 2016)

2013 for Great Britain Against South Africa (englandhockey.co.uk, 15 Aug 2013)

In February 2016 she broke her right collarbone during a match against Australia. She returned to the field in April that year. (hockey.org.au, 04 Feb 2016; telegraph.co.uk, 26 Mar 2016; Twitter profile, 28 Apr 2016)

National league:

Premier Division [ENG] (eghockey.co.uk, 03 Oct 2020)

She began playing hockey at age 13 at Clifton College in Bristol, England. (bristol247.com, 06 Dec 2019)

She moved to a new school where she was introduced to the sport. She took part in other sports at school but chose to focus on hockey because she liked the team aspect. "They chucked a stick in my hand and I was terrible. I was awful but after three or four sessions, I slowly moved up the ranks." (bbc.co.uk, 29 Jan 2016; telegraph.co.uk, 26 Mar 2016)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (bristol247.com, 06 Dec 2019)

Coach Tim Lang. (thetopofthed.com, 03 Jul 2013)

Philosophy:

"Be what you set out to be, without a doubt." (greatbritainhockey.co.uk, 14 Jun 2014)

In 2019 she was named Sportswoman of the Year by Bristol 24/7 in England. (bristol247.com, 06 Dec 2019)

She was appointed as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire [MBE] in the 2017 New Year's Honours list. (windsorexpress.co.uk, 05 Jan 2017)

She was named 2015 International Hockey Federation [FIH] Rising Star of the Year. (bbc.co.uk, 29 Jan 2016; fih.ch, 07 May 2016)

General Interest

General
DUTCH MOVE
She has signed to play for Dutch Hoofdklasse side HDM from the 2021/22 season. She was set to join the club for the 2020/21 season until the COVID-19 pandemic and the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (thehockeypaper.co.uk, 30 Dec 2021)

MENINGITIS
She contracted meningitis in 2015 and required hospital treatment. "Just like [with] all serious illnesses you do not know what's going to happen, but luckily it was very short-lived and had no bad repercussions." (bbc.co.uk, 29 Jan 2016)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree at King's College London in England. (Instagram profile, 19 May 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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