Maddie Hinch

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Olympic gold medal-winning goalkeeper Maddie Hinch retires as ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Great Britain goalkeeping legend Maddie Hinch has announced her retirement from professional hockey after an accomplished 15-year career at the top level of ...

As difficult as this is for me to write, I know I can no longer give 100% of me to the number one shirt and so I have decided to retire." Hinch ends her career having made an incredible 186 appearances for England and Great Britain sides. The time is right," Hinch's statement read.

I've nothing left to give – Maddie Hinch calls time on 'fairytale ... (Redditch Advertiser)

The 34-year-old Olympic and Commonwealth gold medal-winning goalkeeper has announced her retirement.

“I can no longer give 100 per cent of me to the shirt. I don’t really want to and with that, I’m ready to hand it over and start the next part of my life.” “I think it just became very, very clear to me that the time was right,” Hinch told the PA news agency on her decision to retire.

GB Olympian Hinch retires after 'fairytale' career (BBC News)

Maddie Hinch says she was not prepared for "the weight of the gold medal" after leading Great Britain to their first women's Olympic hockey title in 2016.

On why she has chosen to retire now, she said: "I didn't know when I would feel that the time is right. I spent the best part of a year saying I'm fine, but more that I have to be fine. I'd like to test the waters." But I don't have any of that." "For a lot of us it was overwhelming. "At the beginning we were all flying high on adrenaline.

Maddie Hinch: Team GB Olympic and England Commonwealth ... (Sky Sports)

Olympic and Commonwealth Games gold medal winner Maddie Hinch has announced her retirement from hockey at the age of 34.

I have lived my childhood dream and given all that I can give to the badge so this feels like the perfect symmetry to now go start the next chapter of my life. "As I write this, my heart is filled with countless emotions, but above all, a sense of gratitude," Hinch said on Twitter. "The time is right.

Maddie Hinch retires from international hockey as GB goalkeeper ... (The Hockey Paper)

The 34-year-old, Britain's most recognisable hockey player, finishes with 186 caps for England and GB, alongside Olympic, European and Commonwealth gold medals ...

The “harsh reality of elite sport” had contributed to her being diagnosed, she said in 2021. “From my debut in 2008 until this moment I have encountered so many different experiences,” she added in her retirement statement. A year later, she produced more heroics to stop the Dutch as GB won a first ever women’s hockey Olympic gold. “I have lived my childhood dream and given all that I can give to the badge so this feels like the perfect symmetry to start the next chapter of my life.” I have lived and felt it all and I am grateful for every single moment. “I have always believed that to be the best and to succeed you have to be “all in”.

Maddie Hinch: Shoot-out heroics made people talk – next I'm ... (The Times)

There are not many sportspeople who can list one of their achievements as delaying the BBC News at Ten, but that is exactly what Maddie Hinch can boast on ...