Sally Walton
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| Born | Sally Ellen Walton[1] 10 June 1981 Southport, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Field hockey career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Field hockey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Sally Ellen Walton (born 10 June 1981) is a British field hockey player, personal trainer, and the Head of Hockey at the Royal Grammar School Worcester. An Olympic bronze medallist at the 2012 Summer Olympics, she currently plays club hockey for Gloucester City Hockey Club in the England Hockey Women's Hockey League Division 1 North.
Walton made her international debut in 2005. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Great Britain in the women's tournament[4] helping them to win the bronze medal.
Walton has played club hockey for Bowdon Hightown, Hampton-in-Arden Hockey Club, and Olton and West Warwickshire. She currently plays for Gloucester City Hockey Club in the England Hockey Women's Hockey League Division 1 North, where she also leads performance camps and coaching sessions for the club's junior section.[ref needed] She is the Head of Hockey at RGS Worcester.[ref]. She holds a Sports Science Degree from Liverpool John Moores University.[5]
Walton once played football for Aston Villa L.F.C.[6]
She was featured Diva Magazine's Visible Lesbian 100 in 2020.[7]
Club career
[edit]Walton began her club career at Bowdon Hightown before moving to Hampton-in-Arden Hockey Club and then Olton and West Warwickshire.
She currently plays for Gloucester City Hockey Club in the England Hockey Women's Hockey League Division 1 North, competing as a defender for the Ladies 1st XI.
Coaching career
[edit]Walton is the Head of Hockey at Royal Grammar School Worcester, a position she has held since 2016. She also runs performance camps for junior players at Gloucester City Hockey Club.
She holds a Sports Science degree from Liverpool John Moores University.
References
[edit]- ↑ GRO reference: June 1981, Vol. 37, Page 0097
- ↑ Evans, Gregg (6 March 2013). "Olympics medal winner is helping hundreds of kids at Solihull school". birminghammail.co.uk. Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ↑ Kubusch, Lars; Shannon, David (6 March 2005). "England (Women) 2003/04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ↑ London2012.com Archived 2 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Sporting Star Sally Walton
- ↑ Sally Walton at Great Britain Hockey
- ↑ "Visible Lesbian 100". Lesbian Visibility Week. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
External links
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- English women's field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Alumni of Liverpool John Moores University
- Aston Villa W.F.C. players
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey
- Women's association football full-backs
- Footballers from Southport
- English women's footballers
- Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Teachers at Royal Grammar School Worcester
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- English lesbian sportswomen
- LGBTQ field hockey players
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