Jimi Lewis

Jimi Lewis

Personal information
Born	5 July 1974 (1974-07-05) (age 51) Lydney, Gloucestershire, England
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career
Years	Team
1992–1997	Havant
1997–2004	Cannock
2004–2013	Großflottbeker THGC
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
	GB & England
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing   England European Championship 2003 Barcelona Team

James Lewis (born 5 July 1974) is an English former field hockey goalkeeper, who was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. ^[1]

Biography

Lewis played club hockey for Havant in the Men's England Hockey League and became an England U21 international. ^[2] He made his international debut in Malaysia in 1994, playing against South Africa but was second choice goalkeeper behind Simon Mason for many major tournaments.

After joining Cannock, ^[3] he represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. ^{[4] [5]}

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament. ^{[6] [1]} After the Olympics he left Cannock to join Gross Flottbeker in Germany.

From 1 March 2016, Lewis coached the German DHB Hockey national team goalkeepers.^{[ citation needed ]} Lewis often travelled to Spain, and coached hockey for Marshland High School in Norfolk, along with another former international, Paul Swinburn.^{[ citation needed ]}

As of 2023, he was living in Germany. ^[7]

References

1. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
2. "Hockey England target". The Independent. 25 August 1992. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
3. "Champions' faith in their young talent" . Wolverhampton Express and Star. 11 October 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Experienced hockey squad for Games". Bolton News. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
5. "Parnham in latest squad" . Shropshire Star. 21 June 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "GB name hockey squad". BBC Sport. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
7. "Havant Hockey Club's nine Great Britain internationals honoured at special cap presentation ceremony". The Portsmouth News. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2025.

• "Jimi LEWIS". Athens 2004. Archived from the original on 30 November 2004.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jimi Lewis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
• Hockey: Jimi Lewis geht zum DHB (in German)

External links

• Jimi Lewis at Team GB
• Jimi Lewis at Olympedia
• Jimi Lewis at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)