Ollie Payne
England field hockey player (born 1999)
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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]
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| Born | 6 April 1999 Totnes, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
