Alison Ramsay
Encyclopedia
Alison Gail Ramsay is a former Scottish
field hockey
player, who was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
in Barcelona
. She is one of the world's most capped women's hockey players, with over 250 appearances for Scotland
and Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and received the MBE.
Ramsay enjoyed a thirteen year international career before her retirement in 1995. She still plays for Bonagrass Grove at club level and works as a solicitor
. Ramsay received the prestigious MacRobert Thistle Award in 1995 for her achievements and she remains one of the most respected hockey players to have come out of Scotland.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player, who was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. She is one of the world's most capped women's hockey players, with over 250 appearances for Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and received the MBE.
Ramsay enjoyed a thirteen year international career before her retirement in 1995. She still plays for Bonagrass Grove at club level and works as a solicitor
Solicitor
Solicitors are lawyers who traditionally deal with any legal matter including conducting proceedings in courts. In the United Kingdom, a few Australian states and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers , and a lawyer will usually only hold one title...
. Ramsay received the prestigious MacRobert Thistle Award in 1995 for her achievements and she remains one of the most respected hockey players to have come out of Scotland.