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Ashleigh Ball (field hockey)

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Ashleigh Ball
Personal information
Full name Ashleigh Julia Ball
Born 25 March 1986 (1986-03-25) (age 38)
Brighton, East Sussex, England
Playing position Midfield
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team competition
Representing  England
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 London Team competition

Ashleigh Julia Ball (born 25 March 1986 in Brighton) is a field hockey player. She is an Olympic bronze medallist and a member of both the Women's Great Britain and England hockey teams.[1]

Born in Brighton,[2] Ball went to school in Cheltenham and attended Leeds University where she studied medical science and nutrition, and made her international hockey debut in 2008. Since then Ball has earned 48 caps for England and 30 caps for Great Britain. Ball was part of the women's England hockey team of 2010 that won the World Cup, Commonwealth Games and Champions Trophy bronze medals. She won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, scoring two minutes before half-time in the 3–0 victory over Belgium during the qualifying stages of the games.[3]

Ball has played club hockey for Slough, Bowdon Hightown and Bradford.[4][5] Ball is managed by The Hub Entertainment.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Ashleigh Ball - England Hockey". Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  2. ^ GRO reference: April 1986, Vol. 18, Page 4
  3. ^ Piers Newbery. "BBC Sport - Olympics hockey: GB women beat New Zealand to bronze". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ "EHL Statistics". Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  5. ^ "EHL Statistics". Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Thehubentertainment.com". Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2015.


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashleigh_Ball_(field_hockey)