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| Personal information | |||
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| Born | (1990-05-12)12 May 1990 (age 35) Grasse, France | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | East Grinstead | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2013–2019 | England | 86 | (28) |
| 2014–2019 | Great Britain | 48 | (16) |
Sophie Charlotte Bray (born 12 May 1990) is an English internationalfield hockey player who played as a forward forEngland andGreat Britain.[1][2]
She currently plays club hockey in theInvestec Women's Hockey League Premier Division forEast Grinstead.
Bray lives inClaygate,Surrey but was born in France where her father worked as a marketing consultant. Back in England she played tennis and football at local clubs, representing Surrey at tennis aged 11. She gave up playing tennis and played football forFulham Ladies, because she preferred a team sport. She was educated atTiffin Girls' School,Kingston upon Thames joiningSurbiton Hockey Club during her time at the school, initially playing for the colts aged 16, before progressing to the senior team.
She attended theUniversity of Birmingham where she studied psychology.[3][4]
Bray competed for England in thewomen's hockey tournament at the2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal,[5] and was a member of theInvestec sponsored winning team at the EuroHockey Championships in 2015.
In 2016, she competed forTeam GB in thewomen's Olympic field hockey tournament at the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, whereTeam GB won gold in the final against the Netherlands after a penalty shoot out.
Bray was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to hockey.[6][7]
Bray has also played forSurbiton,Uni of Birmingham and in the Netherlands for MOP Hockey Club,Vught, nearEindhoven and most recentlyKampong.
On 4 February 2019, Bray announced her retirement from international hockey. During her international career she scored 44 goals and made 134 appearances for England and Great Britain.[8]
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