Georgie Twigg
Georgina Sophie Twigg is an English international field hockey player and an Olympic gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Hockey career
She plays club hockey in the England Hockey League">England men's national field hockey team">England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton. Twigg played as a midfielder for England women's national [field hockey team|England] and Great Britain from 2010 to 2016.In that time, results have included:
- Gold at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics,
- Gold at the 2015 European Championship
- Silver at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games,
- Silver medal with Great Britain at the 2012 Champions Trophy in Argentina,
- Bronze with England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, scoring the winning goal in the Bronze medal match,
- Bronze medal with England at the 2010 Argentina World Cup,
- Bronze medal at the Field hockey at the [2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|London 2012 Summer Olympics].
Personal life
Twigg is from Lincoln, and attended Repton School.Since 2012 Twigg has been in a relationship with Iain Lewers, the England/Great Britain men's international. In 2019 they became engaged and got married in 2021.
She arrived at Bristol University at the age of 17 in September 2008 to read law. While an undergraduate she played hockey for university and Clifton. Because of her link to Bristol, she was one of the Olympic torchbearers when the torch was carried through Bristol. Following the 2012 Summer Olympics, her home village post box was painted bronze; it was repainted the official red colour by the Royal Mail.