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Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Field Hockey | ||||||||||||||
Club | Wimbledon Hockey Club | ||||||||||||||
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Duncan Woods is a male British former field hockey player.
Woods represented England and won a bronze medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. [1]
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