Sophie Bray



Sophie Charlotte Bray, MBE (born 12 May 1990) is a British international field hockey player and an Olympic gold medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She lives in Claygate, Surrey.

Born in France where her father worked as a marketing consultant, Bray played tennis and football at local clubs, representing Surrey at tennis aged 11. Giving up tennis she played football for Fulham Ladies as she preferred a team sport. She attended Tiffin Girls' School, joining Surbiton Hockey Club during her time at the school, initially playing for the colts aged 16 before progressing to the senior team. Bray attended the University of Birmingham where she studied Psychology.

She competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal, and was a member of the Investec sponsored winning team at the EuroHockey Championships in 2015. In 2016, she competed for Team GB in the women's Olympic field hockey tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where Team GB won gold in the final against the Netherlands after a penalty shoot out.

Bray was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to hockey.