Karen Brown (field hockey)

Karen Brown MBE (born 9 January 1963[1]) is a former field hockey defender, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Commonwealth Silver medal and European Gold [2]

Karen Brown
Personal information
Born (1963-01-09) 9 January 1963
Redhill, Surrey, England
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Team
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team
European Nations Cup
Gold medal – first place 1991 Brussels Team
Silver medal – second place 1987 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Cologne Team

Brown is England and Great Britain's second-highest capped player of all time, with 355 caps to her name. Her record was broken by Kate Richardson-Walsh in February 2016 during a test series with Australia, where Brown was working as Assistant Coach in the GB Team.

She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. Brown retired in 1999, having played for England on 179 occasions & Great Britain 176. Brown (England, March 1984 – August 1999) played a total of 355 international matches and has the most (5) appearances in the European Championship.

Coaching career

She was Assistant Coach for both the Great Britain and England hockey teams and part of the management teams that secured a World Cup bronze with England in 2010, Olympic bronze with Great Britain at the London Olympics, European Gold in 2015 and Olympic Gold at the Rio Olympics.

She stepped down from her role as Assistant Coach in January 2017, with the intention of working for England and GB Hockey in a coach development capacity.[2]

References
  1. "The Official Team England Handbook & Guide The Commonwealth Games 2014". Commonwealth Games England. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. "Brown and Keegan step down from coaching roles".
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