Alastair Brogdon

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Alastair Brogdon
Personal information
Full name Alastair Richard Brogdon
Born (1987-11-10) 10 November 1987 (age 37)
Hale, Greater Manchester, England
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Champions Trophy
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Mönchengladbach Team
European Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Amsterdam Team
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Team

Alastair Richard "Ali" Brogdon (born 10 November 1987) is a British and English field hockey player who competed at 2016 Rio Olympics for Team GB.

Brogdon made his international debut in 2009 and received his 100th England cap against Argentina at the 2014 Champions Trophy. [1] He was part of the 2009 gold medal winning England side at the EuroHockey Championships. He competed for England in the men's hockey tournament at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal. [2]

Brogdon was born in the winter of 1987, in Hale, Manchester growing in Bowdon, the youngest of three boys, both his older brothers, as well as his father and grandfather were hockey players. Bowdon is also where he played his club hockey until 2012. During his career he played club hockey for Wimbledon Hockey Club, Waterloo Ducks, HC Rotterdam and Bowdon Hockey Club winning premier league titles with Wimbledon and Waterloo Ducks. [3]

In July 2023, Brogdon alongside 4 team mates swam the English Channel as a relay in a time of 15hours 5minutes.

Outside of hockey Alastair likes to cycle, sea swim and play golf.

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References

  1. ↑ "Alastair Brogdon - GB Hockey". greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Alastair Brogdon biography". glasgow2014.com. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.


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