Iain Mackay (field hockey)

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Iain Mackay
Personal information
Born 24 April 1985 (1985-04-24) (age 40)
Braintree, Essex, England
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing position Midfield
Senior career
YearsTeam
2007–2012 Reading
2012–2014 Hampstead & Westminster
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
Great Britain
England
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

Iain Mackay (born 24 April 1985) is a British field hockey player [1] who comepted at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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Biography

MacKay was educated at Bishop's Stortford College in Hertfordshire. Later, he attended college at Loughborough University.

He played junior hockey for Braintree Hockey Club and played senior club hockey with Reading in the Men's England Hockey League and began playing internationally in 2009 and helped England to a win in the 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship [2]

He played in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi [3] and was part of the silver medal winning England team that competed at the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach, Germany. [4]

He represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the field hockey tournament. [5] [6]

After the Olympics he left Reading to join Hampstead & Westminster. [7] [8]

References

  1. "Iain Mackay". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. "Iain Mackay".
  3. "Mantells go back to India with England". Berkshire Live. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  4. "England suffer heavy defeat in first Champions Trophy final". The Guardian. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  5. "London 2012: GB confirms its men's hockey squad". GBR Athletics. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  6. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  7. "GB duo Catlin and Mackay quit Reading Hockey Club". 6 September 2012.
  8. "Success for Hampstead & Westminster as men's team escapes drop zone and ladies beat the leaders". 2 March 2016.