Susannah "Susie" Gilbert (born 21 February 1989) is an English international
field hockey
Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...
player who played as a midfielder for
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
and
Great Britain
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.
She plays club hockey in the
Investec Women's Hockey League 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 ...
.
She competed for England in the
women's hockey tournament at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...
where she won a silver medal. She was educated at
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 ...
and graduated from
Birmingham University
The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as ...
in Geography in 2012.
References
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Susie Gilbertat
England Hockey
England Hockey is the Sports governing body, national governing body for the sport of field hockey in England. There are separate governing bodies for the sport in the other parts of the United Kingdom.
History and organisation
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1989 births
Living people
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
Commonwealth Games field hockey players for England
English female field hockey players
Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Surbiton Hockey Club players
Reading Hockey Club players
Women's England Hockey League players
University of Birmingham Hockey Club players
HC Rotterdam players
English expatriate field hockey players
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
21st-century English sportswomen
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