Julian Halls

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Julian Halls
Personal information
Born 17 April 1967 (1967-04-17) (age 58)
Rochford, Essex, England
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Playing position Defender
Senior career
YearsTeam
1989–1998 Old Loughtonians
1995 Canberra
1998 Haagsche Delftsche Mixed
1998–2000 Cannock
2000–2005 St Albans
National team
YearsTeamCaps
GB 59
England 125
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team
European Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Dublin Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Padua Team

Julian Halls (born 17 April 1967) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Biography

Halls played club hockey for Old Loughtonians in the Men's England Hockey League, becoming the club captain. [2] He appeared at the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup [3] and the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup [4] and played for Old Loughtonians until they lost him for the best part of 1995, when he switched to play his club hockey for Canberra in Australia. [5]

Returning to Old Loughtonians, Halls represented Great Britain at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta [6] before going the Netherlands to play for Haagsche Delftsche Mixed.

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the men's hockey, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. [7] [8] Shortly after the Commonwealth Games, Halls made his Cannock debut in October 1988. [9]

While at Cannock, Halls represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. [6] [10] After the Olympics, Halls joined St Albans as a player coach for the 2000/01 season. [11]

At international retirement he had won 59 caps for Great Britain and 125 caps for England and returned to Old Loughtonians as Director of Coaching in 2010. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Julian Halls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Loughtonians show no mercy" . Leamington Spa Courier. 24 November 1989. Retrieved 30 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Hockey World Cup" . Birmingham News. 3 November 1989. Retrieved 15 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Bobby's call Down Under" . Hoylake & West Kirby News. 3 August 1994. Retrieved 13 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Record trio" . Birmingham Mail. 5 April 1995. Retrieved 30 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. 1 2 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Three more for England" . Reading Evening Post. 5 August 1998. Retrieved 8 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  9. ↑ "England star's debut for champs" . Sandwell Evening Mail. 9 October 1998. Retrieved 29 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Hockey: Great Britain's Olympic squad" . The Scotsman. 20 July 2000. Retrieved 29 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Halls leads St Albans' challenge". The Independent. 7 October 2000. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Julian's big ambitions". BBC Sport. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
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