Hannah Louise Macleod, (born 9 June 1984) is an English

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player. Macleod began her youth career at St Ives Hockey Club,

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, and rose up the ranks to play for their first team. She went on to play club hockey for St Albans,

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and Loughborough Students. She made her international debut in 2003. She competed for the

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at the

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, helping the team win bronze. In October 2012, the Olympic medals of Macleod and

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were stolen along with their jackets during a night at

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in London. The stolen medal was recovered when it was sent anonymously by mail to the headquarters of

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. In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Macleod played for the GB field hockey team again. The team won the gold medal.

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* * 1984 births Living people British female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain Olympic medalists in field hockey Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Alumni of Loughborough University Loughborough Students field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Boston, Lincolnshire Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Members of the Order of the British Empire Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub