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Maddie Hinch
OBE
Personal information
Born (1988-10-08) 8 October 1988 (age 36)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club HC Tilburg
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2008–2023 England 97 (0)
2011–2023 Great Britain 60 (0)
ENGLAND & GB TOTAL: 157 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
Representing  England
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2013 Boom
Gold medal – first place 2015 London
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Amstelveen
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Team
Last updated on: 8 August 2022

Madeleine Clare Hinch, OBE (born 8 October 1988) is an English former field hockey player who played as a goalkeeper for Tilburg HC and England and Great Britain national teams.[1]

Club career

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In 2021-22 she played club hockey in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for Tilburg Hockey Club.[2]

Hinch has also played club hockey for Dutch club SCHC, Exmouth, Leicester and Holcombe.[3]

Despite having announced her retirement from international hockey, Hinch continues to play for HC Tilburg in Holland.[4]

International career

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She began playing hockey after a schoolteacher spotted her catching and diving talents in a game of rounders. Initially she was not overly keen on playing in goal and suffered a number of rejections as a youngster,[5] but persevered and won a Youth Olympic Games medal. She made her full international debut in 2008,[6][7] but narrowly missed out on a place in the Great Britain squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics. She soon took over as number one choice and won the silver medal for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[8][9]

In 2015, she enjoyed a breakthrough year, saving a penalty to ensure England won the EuroHockey Championships in London, then being nominated for FIH Goalkeeper of the Year.[10]

In 2016, she played in her first Olympic games, surpassing 100 international appearances[11] during the Rio 2016 Olympics. She won an Olympic gold medal in Rio in 2016, saving all four penalties in the final shoot-out against The Netherlands. Her outstanding performance was widely credited in the media as the deciding factor in the game's outcome.[12][13]

She won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[14] In September 2018, she decided to step aside from the national team, expressing her will to get back in the near future.[15]

On 16 May 2019 it was announced that she had re-joined the England & GB Central Programme.[16]

In 2022 she won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.[17]

In March 2023, she announced her retirement from international hockey via social media.[18][19]

Hinch was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours, both for services to hockey.[20][21]

Education

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Hinch was privately educated at the independent King's College, Taunton from 2002 to 2007. She has a degree in Sport & Exercise Science from Loughborough University. Hinch was awarded an honorary degree by her alma mater, Loughborough University in 2018.

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maddie Hinch.
  1. ^ "Maddie Hinch | Great Britain Hockey".
  2. ^ "Nieuwsbericht - HC Tilburg".
  3. ^ "Profile".
  4. ^ "England Hockey Announcement".
  5. ^ "Rio 2016 Olympics and playing it cool in front of Andy Murray – Maddie Hinch". BBC. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Maddie Hinch". England Hockey. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Maddie Hinch". GB Hockey. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Glasgow 2014 – Maddie Hinch Profile". glasgow2014.com. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  9. ^ "BBC Sport – Maddie Hinch: England keeper determined to cement place". BBC.com. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  10. ^ "EuroHockey 2015: England beat Netherlands in penalty shootout". BBC. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  11. ^ "England Hockey". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  12. ^ Sawer, Patrick; Rayner, Gordon (20 August 2016). "'Mad Dog Hinch' and Team GB's hockey women finally beat the penalty hoodoo". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  13. ^ "Maddie Hinch on why GB women can win hockey gold". BBC Sport. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  14. ^ "Hockey | Athlete Profile: Madeleine HINCH - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  15. ^ "GB's Hinch takes international break". BBC Sport.
  16. ^ "Latest Media | England Hockey".
  17. ^ "Home of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  18. ^ "Olympic gold medal-winning keeper Hinch retires". BBC Sport. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  19. ^ "Olympic gold medal-winning keeper Maddie Hinch announces retirement from hockey". Yahoo Sports. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  20. ^ "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 65. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  21. ^ "No. 64269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N13.
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