Ollie Payne
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
6 April 1999 Totnes, England | ||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| –2017 | Dart Hockey Club | ||
| 2017–2020 | Durham University | ||
| 2020–2025 | Holcombe | ||
| 2025–present | Amsterdam | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2017–2019 | England & GB U21 | 26 | (0) |
| 2020–present | England & GB | 81 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
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Oliver John Payne (born 6 April 1999) is an English field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Amsterdam and the England and Great Britain national teams.[1]
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Club career
Payne began playing hockey for Dart Hockey Club before studying Sports and Exercise Science at Durham University.[2] After Durham he joined Holcombe in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for the 2020 season.[3] In 2024 he signed for Dutch Hoofdklasse side Amsterdam to join from the 2025–26 season..[4]
International career
While at Durham, Payne was capped for the Great Britain U21 team and was the goalkeeper of the tournament at the 2019 Sultan of Johor Cup.[5] He was selected to represent Great Britain for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo[6] and on 28 May 2021, he was selected as the first choice goalkeeper in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship[7] and won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[8] He then won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach.[9]
He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[10] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[11]
References
- ^ "Ollie Payne joins GB men's senior squad". GB Hockey. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ "Alumni in Team GB hockey squad 2024". Durham University. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "New player - Ollie Payne". Holcombe Hockey Club.
- ^ "Ollie Payne signs with Amsterdam Hockey Club". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ "Player Awards". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Team GB hockey: 21 players to make Olympic debuts as men's and women's squads are named". Sky Sports. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "EuroHockey: England men lose out to the Netherlands in dramatic final". BBC Sport. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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