Laura Unsworth

Laura Roper, (née Laura Unsworth) (born 8 March 1988) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or defender for East Grinstead and the England and Great Britain national teams.

She is the first British field hockey player to win three Olympic medals.

Unsworth attended Coppice Primary School, Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls and Loughborough University.

Club career

Unsworth plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for East Grinstead.

She has also played for Holcombe, Loughborough Students and Sutton Coldfield.

International career

Unsworth made her international debut in 2008 and was part of the Great Britain teams that won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics and bronze medals at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Unsworth has also competed for England at the European Championships winning three bronze, one silver and a Gold medal, won in London in 2015. She also competed for England at the Commonwealth Games, securing bronze and silver at the 2010 and 2014.

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1988 births

Living people

English female 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

Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Alumni of Loughborough University

Loughborough Students field hockey players

Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England

Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England

Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain

Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey

Members of the Order of the British Empire

People educated at Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls

Sportspeople from Sutton Coldfield

Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Female field hockey defenders

Holcombe Hockey Club players

East Grinstead Hockey Club players

Women's England Hockey League players

Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games