Susannah Townsend

{{Infobox field hockey player

|name = Susannah Townsend
MBE

|image = Eurohockey 2015- Final England v Netherlands (20407492984).jpg

|caption = Townsend in 2015

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|7|28|df=y}}

|birth_place = Blackheath, London, England

|height = 1.68 m

|weight = 61 kg

|position = Midfielder

|currentclub = Canterbury

|nationalyears1 = 2008–2021

|nationalteam1 = England

|nationalcaps1 = 97

|nationalgoals1 = 9

|nationalyears2 = 2008–2021

|nationalteam2 = Great Britain

|nationalcaps2 = 82

|nationalgoals2 = 4

|nationalyears3 =

|nationalteam3 = Total

|nationalcaps3 = 179

|nationalgoals3 = 13

|medaltemplates =

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|updated= 11 June 2021

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Susannah Townsend (born 28 July 1989) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Canterbury.{{Cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/susannah-townsend|title=Susannah Townsend | Team England | England Hockey Team|website=teamengland.org}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=1055&itemTitle=Susannah+Townsend§ion=1091 |title=Susannah Townsend - GB Hockey |access-date=17 November 2018 |archive-date=17 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117162907/http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=1055&itemTitle=Susannah+Townsend§ion=1091 |url-status=dead }}

She was educated at Sutton Valence School, alongside Ashley Jackson, where together they each worked towards representing their country, England, in field hockey and is an Alumnus of the University of Kent.

Townsend is openly lesbian.{{Cite web|title=Lesbian Visibility Day: LGBT+ women in sport share advice on sexuality|url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/other-sports/news/29877/11979093/lesbian-visibility-day-lgbt-women-in-sport-share-advice-on-sexuality|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Sky Sports|language=en}}

Club career

For the 2020-21 season she has rejoined former club Canterbury who play in the Women's England Hockey League Division One South.

Townsend has also played club hockey in Germany, in the Feldhockey Bundesliga for Der Club an der Alster, in Belgium for Gantoise and in the Investec Women's Hockey League Premier Division for Canterbury and Reading{{cite news |title=WHL Statistics|work=fixtureslive.com|location=UK |url=http://w.fixtureslive.com/player/171646/overview/Susannah-Townsend|accessdate=22 August 2016}}

International career

She competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games{{cite web |last=Hoad |first=Alex |title=Canterbury Hockey Club's Susannah Townsend happy to still be in the hunt for a medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow |work=Kent Online |location=UK |date=31 July 2014 |url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/sport/townsend-happy-to-still-be-21111/ |accessdate=14 October 2014}}{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Graham |title=England want hockey gold at Glasgow 2014, says Susannah Townsend |work=Express |location=UK |date=19 July 2014 |url=http://www.express.co.uk/sport/othersport/489766/England-want-hockey-gold-at-Glasgow-2014-says-Susannah-Townsend |accessdate=14 October 2014}}{{cite web|title=Glasgow 2014 profile|url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/hockey/1090534/l_wood.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731182607/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/hockey/1090534/l_wood.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=31 July 2014 |accessdate=12 October 2014}} where she won a silver medal. She announced her retirement from international play on 9 September 2021.{{cite web|title=Retirements & coaching switches dominate post-Tokyo 2020|url=http://www.fih.ch/news/retirements-coaching-switches-dominate-post-tokyo-2020/|website=fih.ch|access-date=9 September 2021|date=9 September 2021}}

References

External links

{{FIH}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20220116101512/https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/international/senior-squad/susannah-townsend Susannah Townsend] at England Hockey (archived)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210611122541/https://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/players/gb-senior-squad/susannah-townsend Susannah Townsend] at Great Britain Hockey (archived)
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{{Olympedia}}
{{Olympics.com profile}}
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{{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|hockey/1023996/s_townsend}}
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