Amy Ewart Costello (born 14 January 1998) is a Scottish

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player who plays as a defender in the German Women's Feldhockey Bundesliga for

UHC Hamburg Uhlenhorster Hockey-Club e. V. (also known as UHC Hamburg) is a German professional field hockey and tennis club based in Hamburg. It was founded in 1901, since 1923 their home ground is located in Hummelsbüttel, Wandsbek. Uhlenhorster HC is one ...

and for the

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and

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national teams.

Club career

She plays club hockey in the German Women's Feldhockey Bundesliga for

. Costello previously played 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 Regula ...

Premier Division for

East Grinstead East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the extreme northeast of the county, the civ ...

. She has also played for

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

and Edinburgh University Women's Hockey Club.

International career

She was included in the Great Britain squad for the women's field hockey tournament at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

, held in July and August 2021. Though designated as an alternate player, due to rule changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic she was eligible to compete in all matches (unlike previous tournaments, in which alternates could only compete after permanently replacing an injured player). Though Great Britain earned the bronze medal, she did not make an appearance and was therefore ineligible to receive a medal.

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* * * * * 1998 births Living people People educated at the Mary Erskine School Sportspeople from Edinburgh Scottish female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Women's England Hockey League players East Grinstead Hockey Club players University of Birmingham Hockey Club players Uhlenhorster HC players Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate field hockey players {{UK-fieldhockey-bio-stub