Profile - Maddie Hinch

International Achievements

2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES - Gold

2020 Olympic Games - BRONZE

2018 FIH GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR - WINNER

2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES - BRONZE

2017 FIH GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR - WINNER

2017 WORLD LEAGUE SEMI FINAL - BRONZE

2017 EUROHOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS - BRONZE

2016 FIH Goalkeeper of the Year - WINNER

2016 Olympic Games - Gold

2015 World League Semi Final - Gold

2015 Eurohockey Championships - Gold

2014 Commonwealth Games - Silver

2013 Eurohockey Championship - Silver

2013 World League Final - Silver

2011 Eurohockey Championships - Bronze

Maddie began her relationship with hockey at school after a PE teacher saw her dramatic ducking and diving whilst fielding a game of rounders. She started her professional career at Exmouth HC, and from there worked her way up to an international debut in 2008. Maddie’s career has not always been smooth sailing however, after numerous set-backs at youth level and narrowly missing out on a place in the Great Britain Squad for the 2012 Olympic Games. Maddie graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Sport & Exercise Science and has since been voted world’s best female goalkeeper on three occasions as well accumulating 186 caps for England and Great Britain.

Maddie played a pivotal role in key international tournaments, including England's gold medal triumph at the EuroHockey Championships 2015 and Rio 2016, where she saved all four penalties to claim the historic gold for GB and Olympic Champion status. Having played for England during the 2018 World Cup, Maddie took a break from international hockey before returning later in 2019. She then played a crucial role in securing Great Britain's place at the 2020 Olympics before helping them secure bronze with a string of fine displays, most notably saving all four shootouts in the quarter-final against Spain. In 2022 ,after representing at the World Cup, she thrived in front of the home crowd as she helped England to win a historic first Gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

In 2023 she announced her international retirement, and having left a remarkable legacy on hockey was awarded an OBE for services to hockey as well as being inducted into the prestigious European Hockey Federation Hall of Fame which has recognised 14 legends of the game over the last decade. Maddie is now dedicated to helping the next generation of players and is currently based in America as assistant coach to NCAA Div 1 Team UCONN.