Maddie Hinch: Great Britain's Olympic gold medal-winning goalkeeper retires

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Maddie Hinch successful  enactment   for GB during the 2016 OlympicsMaddie Hinch famously had a small achromatic publication with notes connected the absorption for the 2016 Olympic final

British Olympic golden medallist Maddie Hinch has announced her status from hockey aged 34, saying "the vessel is empty".

Hinch played 186 times for England and Great Britain aft making her planetary debut successful 2008 aged 19.

"They accidental that erstwhile you know, you know, and I conscionable know. The clip is right," Hinch said successful a statement.

"The 15-year committedness to full-time planetary hockey, physically, mentally and emotionally has taken its toll, the vessel is empty.

"I person ever believed that to beryllium the champion and to succeed, you person to beryllium 'all-in'.

"As hard arsenic this is for maine to write, I cognize I tin nary longer springiness 100% of maine to the fig 1 garment and truthful I person decided to retire.

"I person lived my puerility imagination and fixed each that I tin springiness to the badge."

In 2018, Hinch took a interruption from planetary hockey, earlier returning for Tokyo 2020 and helping GB triumph bronze.

She further added to her medal postulation past summer, erstwhile England claimed their archetypal Commonwealth women's golden successful Birmingham.

The historical golden rounded disconnected a afloat acceptable for the goalkeeper, who has metallic and bronze medals from Glasgow 2014 and Gold Coast 2018.

She was awarded an MBE successful the Queen's New Years' Honours List successful 2017 for her services to hockey.

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