Hannah Macleod
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| Full name | Hannah Louise Macleod | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 June 1984 Boston, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hannah Louise Macleod, MBE[1] (born 9 June 1984) is an English field hockey player.
Macleod began her youth career at St Ives Hockey Club, Cambridge, and rose up the ranks to play for their first team.[2] She went on to play club hockey for St Albans, Leicester and Loughborough Students.[3]
She made her international debut in 2003. She competed for the Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, helping the team win bronze.[4][5]
In October 2012, the Olympic medals of Macleod and Alex Partridge were stolen along with their jackets during a night at Mahiki in London.[6] The stolen medal was recovered when it was sent anonymously by mail to the headquarters of England Hockey.[7]
In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Macleod played for the GB field hockey team again. The team won the gold medal.[8]
Macleod attended Loughborough University where she achieved BSc Sport and Exercise Science in 2005. In 2018, the University awarded her an honorary doctorate.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ GRO reference: June 1984, Vol. 7, Page 1612
- ^ Mason, Aaron (21 September 2016). "Hannah Macleod honoured by St Ives Hockey Club". Cambridge News. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hannah Macleod". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ "GB Hockey Profile". Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Hannah Macleod's stolen Olympic bronze medal returned". BBC. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Stolen Olympic bronze medal is returned in post". The Guardian. Press Association. 26 October 2012. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Hannah Macleod". England Hockey. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Honorary Graduates and University Medallists | Graduation | Loughborough University". www.lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
External links
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- Hannah Macleod at the International Hockey Federation
- Hannah Macleod at Olympics.com
- Hannah Macleod at Olympedia
- Hannah Macleod at Team GB
- Hannah Macleod at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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