Susannah Townsend

Susannah Townsend (born 28 July 1989) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Canterbury.^[1][2]

Susannah Townsend
MBE

Townsend in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1989-07-28) 28 July 1989 (age 36) Blackheath, London, England
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Canterbury
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2008–2021	England	97	(9)
2008–2021	Great Britain	82	(4)
	Total	179	(13)
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2020 Tokyo Team Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Team 2018 Gold Coast Team European Championship 2015 London 2017 Amstelveen
Last updated on: 11 June 2021

She was educated at Sutton Valence School, alongside Ashley Jackson, where together they each worked towards representing their country, England, in field hockey and is an Alumnus of the University of Kent.

Townsend is openly lesbian.^[3]

Club career

For the 2020-21 season she has rejoined former club Canterbury who play in the Women's England Hockey League Division One South.

Townsend has also played club hockey in Germany, in the Feldhockey Bundesliga for Der Club an der Alster, in Belgium for Gantoise and in the Investec Women's Hockey League Premier Division for Canterbury and Reading^[4]

International career

She competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games^[5][6][7] where she won a silver medal. She announced her retirement from international play on 9 September 2021.^[8]