Grace Balsdon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
13 April 1993 Canterbury, England | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | East Grinstead Hockey Club | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2014–present | England | 41 | (3) |
| 2017–present | Great Britain | 48 | (7) |
| ENGLAND & GB TOTAL: | 89 | (10) | |
Medal record | |||
| Last updated on: 8 August 2022 | |||
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Grace Balsdon (born 13 April 1993) is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender for East Grinstead Hockey Club and the England and Great Britain national teams.[1][2][3]
Club career
[edit | edit source]She plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for East Grinstead Hockey Club. She has also played for Hampstead & Westminster and Canterbury.
International career
[edit | edit source]In 2016, Balsdon played defender for the University of Maryland field hockey team and was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-American, All-Big Ten First Team, and three-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week.[4][5]
In the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, Balsdon scored the game winning goal for Great Britain to win the bronze medal in women's field hockey.[6]
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External links
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- Grace Balsdon at Team England
- Grace Balsdon at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- 1993 births
- Living people
- English female field hockey players
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey
- Commonwealth Games field hockey players for England
- Female field hockey defenders
- Sportspeople from Canterbury
- Women's England Hockey League players
- Maryland Terrapins field hockey players
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club players
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- English Olympic competitors
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- English field hockey biography stubs
- British field hockey Olympic medallist stubs