Alison Gail Ramsay (born 16 April 1959) is a former Scottish

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player, who was a member of the

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squad that won the bronze medal at the

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. She is one of the world's most capped women's hockey players, with over 250 appearances for Scotland and Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and received the MBE. Ramsay enjoyed a thirteen-year international career before her retirement in 1995. She still plays for Grove Menzieshill at club level and works as a

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. Ramsay received the prestigious MacRobert Thistle Award in 1995 for her achievements and she remains one of the most respected hockey players to have come out of Scotland.

Achievemements

– Olympic bronze medal Team GB (1992, Barcelona) – 259 international hockey caps (150 for Scotland and 109 for GB): a world record at the time of retirement from international hockey (1995) and acknowledged in the Guinness Book of Records – First female player to reach 100 international GB caps

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* * * * 1959 births Living people Scottish female field hockey players Scottish solicitors Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from London Olympic medalists in field hockey Scottish Olympic competitors Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Members of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century Scottish sportswomen {{Scotland-fieldhockey-bio-stub