Playing position Height 1.70 m Weight 65 kg | Name Georgie Twigg Role Field Hockey player | |
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Olympic medals Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament Similar People Alexandra Danson, Ashleigh Ball, Kate Richardson‑Walsh, Laura Unsworth, Crista Cullen Profiles | ||
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Georgina Sophie "Georgie" Twigg (born 21 November 1990) is a British field hockey player and an Olympic gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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- Georgie twigg video diary 1 investec hockey world league
- Personal life
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Twigg has played for England and Great Britain since 2010. Unusually, in the summer of 2010, she took her first GB senior cap before she won her first England cap.
Since then, results have included
She was named England Hockey's Young Performance Player of the Year in 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013. She has played for Surbiton, Clifton, University of Bristol, Cannock and Lincoln.
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Personal life
Twigg is from Lincoln, and attended Repton School.
She arrived at Bristol University at the age of 17 in September 2008 to read law. While an undergraduate she played hockey for university and Clifton. After her result at the 2012 Olympics her home village post box was painted bronze; it was subsequently returned to its regular, red colour by the Royal Mail.