Samuel Ian Ward (born 24 December 1990), known as Sam Ward, is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward for Old Georgians and the England and Great Britain national teams.

Club career

Ward plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Old Georgians.[1]

He has also played club hockey for Beeston (3 spells), Holcombe, Loughborough Students and Leicester.[2]

International career

He competed for Great Britain at the 2016 Olympics, and for England in the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy.[3][4][5] During the Olympic Qualifier against Malaysia, he was struck by the ball in the face and he lost some sight in his left eye.[6] On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[7] He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
  2. ^ "EHL statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
  4. ^ "WARD Sam - Olympic Hockey - Great Britain". Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. ^ "GB Hockey Profile". England Hockey. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Sam Ward: GB & England hockey player fighting for career after losing sight in left eye". www.bbc.com. BBC. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  7. ^ "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  8. ^ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  9. ^ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ward_(field_hockey)
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