Laura Roper, (née Laura Unsworth) (born 8 March 1988) is an English

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player who plays as a midfielder or defender for East Grinstead and the

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and

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national teams. She is the first British field hockey player to win three Olympic medals. Unsworth attended Coppice Primary School, Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls and Loughborough University.

Club career

Unsworth plays club hockey in the

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Premier Division for East Grinstead. She has also played for Holcombe, Loughborough Students and Sutton Coldfield.

International career

Unsworth made her international debut in 2008 and was part of the Great Britain teams that won the gold medal at the

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and bronze medals at the

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and

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 1 ...

. Unsworth has also competed for

at the European Championships winning three bronze, one silver and a Gold medal, won in London in 2015. She also competed for England at the Commonwealth Games, securing bronze and silver at the 2010 and

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* 1988 births Living people English female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Olympic medalists in field hockey Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Alumni of Loughborough University Loughborough Students field hockey players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Members of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls Sportspeople from Sutton Coldfield Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Female field hockey defenders Holcombe Hockey Club players East Grinstead Hockey Club players Women's England Hockey League players Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub