Susannah Townsend

Susannah Townsend
MBE

Susannah Townsend in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1989-07-28) 28 July 1989 (age 35) Blackheath, London, England
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Canterbury
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2008–2021	England	97	(9)
2008–2021	Great Britain	82	(4)
	Total	179	(13)
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2020 Tokyo Team Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Team 2018 Gold Coast Team European Championship 2015 London 2017 Amstelveen
Last updated on: 11 June 2021

Susannah Townsend (born 28 July 1989) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Canterbury.[1][2]

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.[3]

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[4]

International career

She competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[5][6][7] where she won a silver medal. She announced her retirement from international play on 9 September 2021.[8]

References

1. "Susannah Townsend | Team England | England Hockey Team". teamengland.org.
2. "Susannah Townsend - GB Hockey". Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
3. "Lesbian Visibility Day: LGBT+ women in sport share advice on sexuality". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
4. "WHL Statistics". fixtureslive.com. UK. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
5. Hoad, Alex (31 July 2014). "Canterbury Hockey Club's Susannah Townsend happy to still be in the hunt for a medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow". Kent Online. UK. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
6. Wilson, Graham (19 July 2014). "England want hockey gold at Glasgow 2014, says Susannah Townsend". Express. UK. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
7. "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 12 October 2014.
8. "Retirements & coaching switches dominate post-Tokyo 2020". fih.ch. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

External links

• Susannah Townsend at the International Hockey Federation
• Susannah Townsend at England Hockey (archived)
• Susannah Townsend at Great Britain Hockey (archived)
• Susannah Townsend at Team GB
• Susannah Townsend at Olympedia (archive)
• Susannah Townsend at Olympics.com
• Susannah Townsend at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Susannah Townsend at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Susannah Townsend on Instagram