Georgina Sophie Twigg (born 21 November 1990) is an English international field hockey player and an Olympic gold medalist at the

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Hockey career

She plays club hockey in the

Women's England Hockey League The Women's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features women's teams from England. From 2011–2020 it was sponsored by Investec and was referred to as the Investec Women's Hockey League. Format ...

Premier Division for

Surbiton Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the Historic counties of England, historic county of ...

. Twigg played as a midfielder for

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and

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from 2010 to 2016. In that time, results have included: * Gold at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, * Gold at the 2015 European Championship * Silver at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, * Silver medal with Great Britain at the 2012 Champions Trophy in Argentina, * Bronze with England at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 201 ...

in Delhi, scoring the winning goal in the Bronze medal match, * Bronze medal with England at the 2010 Argentina World Cup, * Bronze medal at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. She was named England Hockey's Young Performance Player of the Year in 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013. She made her international debut at the 2010 Champions Trophy and was the youngest player in Great Britain's 2012 Olympic squad. She has played for

, Clifton Robinsons,

University of Bristol The University of Bristol is a public university, public research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595 and University College, Br ...

Cannock Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolverhampton ...

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She announced her official retirement from international hockey in July 2018.

Personal life

Twigg is from

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, and attended

Repton School Repton School is a 13–18 co-educational, private, boarding and day school in the public school tradition, in Repton, Derbyshire, England. Sir John Port of Etwall, on his death in 1557, left funds to create a grammar school which was th ...

. Since 2012 Twigg has been in a relationship with Iain Lewers, the

men's international. In 2019 they became engaged and got married in 2021. She arrived at

Bristol University The University of Bristol is a public research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595 and University College, Bristol, which had ...

at the age of 17 in September 2008 to read law. While an undergraduate she played hockey for university and Clifton. Because of her link to Bristol, she was one of the Olympic torchbearers when the torch was carried through Bristol. Following the 2012 Summer Olympics, her home village post box was painted bronze; it was repainted the official red colour by the Royal Mail.

Retirement

In 2016, she indefinitely suspended her international hockey career, citing her professional career as a trainee city lawyer. She announced her official retirement in July 2018.

References

External links

*
Official website

The Road To Rio 2016
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Twigg, Georgie 1990 births Living people English female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Alumni of the University of Bristol Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lincoln, England Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games People educated at Repton School Members of the Order of the British Empire Surbiton Hockey Club players Cannock Hockey Club players Women's England Hockey League players Female field hockey midfielders Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportswomen