Sally Walton

{{short description|British field hockey player, personal trainer, and hockey coach}}

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| name = Sally Walton

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| caption = Walton in 2013

| birth_name = Sally Ellen WaltonGRO reference: June 1981, Vol. 37, Page 0097

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|6|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Southport, England

| nationality = British

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| position = Defender

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| clubs1 = Bowdon Hightown

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| clubs2 = Hampton-in-Arden

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| clubs3 = Olton & West Warwick

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| nationalteam1 = Great Britain / England

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{{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 London| Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Champions Trophy}}

{{MedalSilver|2012 Rosario| Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Nottingham| Team}}

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{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Dublin| Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Manchester| Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2009 Amsterdam| Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Gladbach| Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Rosario| Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Dehli| Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Champions Challenge}}

{{MedalBronze| 2007 Baku | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Indoor European Championship III}}

{{MedalGold| 2010 | Team}}

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| position = Left-back{{cite news |last=Evans |first=Gregg |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/other-sport/olympics-medal-winner-helping-hundreds-1721651 |title=Olympics medal winner is helping hundreds of kids at Solihull school |website=birminghammail.co.uk |publisher=Birmingham Mail |date=6 March 2013 |access-date=14 August 2018}}

| years1 = 2003–2004

| clubs1 = Aston Villa{{cite web |last1=Kubusch |first1=Lars |last2=Shannon |first2=David |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-wom04.html |title=England (Women) 2003/04 |website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |publisher=RSSSF |date=6 March 2005 |access-date=14 August 2018}}

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Sally Ellen Walton (born 10 June 1981) is a former British field hockey player, a personal trainer and currently coaching Hockey at the Royal Grammar School Worcester, moving there from Solihull school.

Walton made her international debut in 2005. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Great Britain in the women's tournament[http://www.london2012.com/athlete/walton-sally-1079002/ London2012.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802034608/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/walton-sally-1079002/ |date=2 August 2012 }} helping them to win the bronze medal.

Walton has played club hockey for Bowdon Hightown and Hampton-in-Arden Hockey Club and currently plays for Olton and West Warwickshire.{{cite web |url=http://w.fixtureslive.com/staticapi.aspx?a=statzone_player.ashx%3fuserid%3d15219|title=EHL statistics|work=Fixtureslive.com|accessdate=29 January 2015}}[http://www.hamptonhockey.org.uk/news/a_little_bit_of_hampton_at_the_olympics A little bit of Hampton at the Olympics] She coaches at RGS Worcester[http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/other-sport/olympics-medal-winner-helping-hundreds-1721651 Birmingham Mail] and lectures at Solihull College. She holds a Sports Science Degree from Liverpool John Moores University.[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sally%27s+sticking+to+double+life%3B+TEACHING+Hockey+star+combines...-a0137938026 Sporting Star Sally Walton]

Walton once played football for Aston Villa L.F.C.[http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=110&itemTitle=Sally+Walton§ion=1091 Sally Walton at Great Britain Hockey]