Emily Defroand

{{Short description|English field hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Emily Defroand

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|7|27|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| height =

| weight =

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Surbiton

| nationalyears1 = 2017–2019

| nationalteam1 = England

| nationalcaps1 = 36

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2018–2019

| nationalteam2 = Great Britain

| nationalcaps2 = 19

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 =

| nationalteam3 = ENGLAND & GB TOTAL:

| nationalcaps3 = 55

| nationalgoals3 = 1

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{{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Amsterdam|}}

|updated= 13 June 2021

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Emily Defroand (born 27 July 1994) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Surbiton.

On 15 June 2021 her retirement from playing for the England and Great Britain national teams was announced.{{Cite web|url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/media/news/emily-defroand-to-retire-from-international-hockey|title=Emily Defroand to Retire from International Hockey | England Hockey}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2021/06/15/emily-defroand-retires-from-international-hockey-after-injuries|title = Emily Defroand retires from international hockey after injuries|date = 15 June 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/hockey/57485811|title = GB's Defroand retires from hockey at 26|work = BBC Sport}}

She grew up in Hornchurch, Essex with her two brothers James and Alexander and whilst still at school started playing hockey for Havering.