Lily Walker (field hockey)
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| Full name | Lily Mae Walker | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
5 June 2002 Cannock, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club | East Grinstead | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | England U–21 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | England | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Great Britain | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lily Mae Walker is an English field hockey player.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Lily Walker was born in Cannock, England, on 5 June 2002.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Under–21
[edit]In 2019, Walker made her debut for the England U–21 team at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Valencia.[5]
Senior national teams
[edit]Walker has represented both England and Great Britain in senior competition.[5]
England
[edit]In 2022, Walker debuted for the English national team during season three of the FIH Pro League.[6][1] She later competed at the 2022 FIH World Cup in Terrassa and Amsterdam, where the team finished in eighth place. She concluded her 2022 season by winning a gold medal at the XXII Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[4][7][8]
Walker was a member of the England squad at the 2023 EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach.[5]
Great Britain
[edit]Following her England debut, Walker received a call-up to the Great Britain squad in 2023, where she made her debut during season four of the FIH Pro League.[2][5][9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "LILY WALKER". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ a b "LILY WALKER". greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Great Britain Hockey. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Team Details – England". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Lily Walker: "The Commonwealth Games has given me a hunger to want more."". teamengland.org. Team England. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d "WALKER Lily". tms.fih.ch. international Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Student hockey star Lily Walker: "Is women's sport as good as men's? I think it can be better."". birmingham.ac.uk. University of Birmingham. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Girl got tickets to watch England at the Commonwealth Games only to be told she 'd be playing". staffordshire-live.co.uk. Staffordshire Live. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Walker ready for 'surreal' Commonwealth Games appearance after originally applying for tickets". uk.sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "GREAT BRITAIN: GB CONTINUE GOOD FORM IN LONDON". hockeywrldnws.com. Hockey World News. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
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- 21st-century English sportswomen
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