Lily Owsley is a dynamo on the pitch. Fast, hard-working and with a strong mental attitude, the England and Great Britain forward provides a powerful element that has been pivotal to England and Great Britain’s success this year.
Owsley herself usually deflects praise on to her teammates when she is being interviewed. After scoring the winning goal against Germany in the Hockey World League Semi-Final – a win that secured Great Britain’s spot at Rio 2016 – she praised everyone around her for the win.
When she scored the last minute goal that took the game to penalty shoot-out against the Netherlands in EuroHockey 2015, it was her teammates who got the praise.
So it is no surprise that the skilful, talented and humble forward had this to say on receiving the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award: “Individually this is the biggest award I could have won, but really I’m lucky to win it and lucky to have so many fantastic team mates around me. I couldn’t do anything without them making me look good.”
Since making her full international debut in 2013, Owsley has amassed 74 combined England and Great Britain caps. With her strong running and habit of popping the ball into the net at just the right moment, she is one of the players certain to figure strongly in coach Danny Kerry’s plans for Rio 2016.
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