David Faulkner (field hockey)

David Faulkner

Personal information
Born	(1962-09-10) 10 September 1962 (age 62) Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Senior career
Years	Team
1984–1986	Guildford
1986–2000	Havant
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
	Great Britain
	England
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing   Great Britain Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team Champions Trophy 1984 Karachi Team 1985 Perth Team Representing   England World Cup 1986 London Team European Championship 1987 Moscow Team

David Andrew Vincent Faulkner MBE (born 10 September 1962) is an English former field hockey player who won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. ^{[1] [2]} He is the current head of women's performance at The FA.

Biography

Faulkner was born in Portsmouth, England and played club hockey for Guildford Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League. ^[3] He made his England and Great Britain debuts with the club and was part of the warm up squad for the 1984 Summer Olympics, although ultimately he did not make the cut for the final 16 players. He did however win the bronze medal with the Great Britain team that competed at the 1984 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Karachi, Pakistan and won the silver medal the following year at the 1985 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Perth, Australia. ^[4]

He moved from Guildford to Havant Hockey Club for the start of the 1986/87 season, where he was made club captain (and much later Director of Hockey). While at Havant, he won silver with the England squad at the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup, ^[5] was part of the Great Britain squad that won the gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul in the hockey tournament and represented England at the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup. ^[6]

He was the sport's performance director, working with England Hockey and Great Britain Hockey. ^[7] His sons, Simon and Daniel, have both represented Great Britain and England at junior level and play club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League.

Faulkner joined The FA in April 2017 as head of women's performance having previously held the position of director of sport at Millfield School ^[8]

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to sport. ^[9]

References

1. "Olympic cloud" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 2 October 1988. Retrieved 19 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Faulkner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
3. "Results" . Liverpool Daily Post. 18 June 1984. Retrieved 19 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Champions Trophy". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
5. "Remembering the boys of 86 - Sports Journalists' Association". 17 October 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
6. "Hockey World Cup" . Birmingham News. 3 November 1989. Retrieved 15 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Havant Hockey Club" . Retrieved 21 November 2014.
8. "FA MAKES FOUR KEY WOMEN'S FOOTBALL APPOINTMENTS". TheFA.com. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
9. "No. 63377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B18.

External links

• David Faulkner at the International Hockey Federation
• David Faulkner at Olympics.com
• David Faulkner at Team GB
• David Faulkner at Olympedia