Georgina Sophie Twigg (born 21 November 1990) is an English international field hockey player and an Olympic gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Hockey career

She plays club hockey in the

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Premier Division for Surbiton. Twigg played as a midfielder for

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from 2010 to 2016. In that time, results have included: * Gold at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, * Gold at the 2015 European Championship * Silver at the

2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

, * Silver medal with Great Britain at the 2012 Champions Trophy in Argentina, * Bronze with England at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, ...

in Delhi, scoring the winning goal in the Bronze medal match, * Bronze medal with England at the 2010 Argentina World Cup, * Bronze medal at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. She was named England Hockey's Young Performance Player of the Year in 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013. She made her international debut at the 2010 Champions Trophy and was the youngest player in Great Britain's 2012 Olympic squad. She has played for Surbiton, Clifton Robinsons,

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She announced her official retirement from international hockey in July 2018.

Personal life

Twigg is from

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, and attended

Repton School Repton School is a 13–18 co-educational, independent, day and boarding school in the English public school tradition, in Repton, Derbyshire, England. Sir John Port of Etwall, on his death in 1557, left funds to create a grammar school whi ...

. Since 2012 Twigg has been in a relationship with

Iain Lewers Iain Lewers (born 5 January 1984) is a field hockey player from Northern Ireland who represented Ireland, England and Great Britain at international level. He represented Great Britain at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He was also a member ...

, the

men's international. In 2019 they became engaged. 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. Because of her link to Bristol, she was one of the Olympic torchbearers when the torch was carried through Bristol. Following the 2012 Summer Olympics, her home village post box was painted bronze; it was repainted the official red colour by the Royal Mail.

Retirement

In 2016, she indefinitely suspended her international hockey career, citing her professional career as a trainee city lawyer. She announced her official retirement in July 2018.

References

External links

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Official website

The Road To Rio 2016
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Twigg, Georgie 1990 births Living people English female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Alumni of the University of Bristol Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lincoln, England Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games People educated at Repton School Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Members of the Order of the British Empire Surbiton Hockey Club players Cannock Hockey Club players Women's England Hockey League players Female field hockey midfielders Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games