Sophie Bray

Sophie Bray
MBE
Personal information
Born (1990-05-12) 12 May 1990
Grasse, France
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club SV Kampong
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– England 86 (28)
2014– Great Britain 42 (15)
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Representing  England
European Championship
2015 London
2017 Amstelveen
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowTeam
2018 BrisbaneTeam

Sophie Charlotte Bray, MBE (born 12 May 1990) is a French-born English international field hockey player who plays as a forward for England and Great Britain. She was part of the Great Britain team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, and plays club hockey in the Dutch hockey league for Kampong.

Personal Life

Bray lives in Claygate, Surrey but was born in France where her father worked as a marketing consultant. Back in England she played tennis and football at local clubs, representing Surrey at tennis aged 11. She gave up playing tennis and played football for Fulham Ladies, because she preferred a team sport. She was educated at Tiffin Girls' School, joining Surbiton Hockey Club during her time at the school, initially playing for the colts aged 16, before progressing to the senior team. Bray attended the University of Birmingham where she studied Psychology.[1][2]

Career

Bray competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal,[3] and was a member of the Investec sponsored winning team at the EuroHockey Championships in 2015. In 2016, she competed for Team GB in the women's Olympic field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where Team GB won gold in the final against the Netherlands after a penalty shoot out.

Bray was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to hockey.[4][5]

Bray has also played for Surbiton, Uni of Birmingham, East Grinstead and in the Netherlands for MOP Hockey Club, Vught,near Eindhoven.

References

  1. ↑ Bray on the England Hockey website
  2. ↑ 'Hockey, tennis, soccer, she's a star at them all' -The Independent - 8 February 2009
  3. ↑ "Sophie Bray biography".
  4. ↑ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N16.
  5. ↑ "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 48. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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