Personal information | |||
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Born | Wegberg, Germany | 14 March 1996||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Wycombe HC | |||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | ||
–2017 | Team Bath Buccaneers | ||
2017–2019 | Reading | ||
2019–present | Old Georgians | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
2014–2016 | England & GB U21 | 23 | |
2017–present | England & GB | 76 | (0) |
Medal record |
Liam Sanford (born 14 March 1996) is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender for Old Georgians and the England and Great Britain national teams. [1] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Sanford began playing hockey for Wycombe Hockey Club and the RAF before joining Team Bath Buccaneers. [2] Sanford became the first-ever Team Bath Buccaneers men's player to represent England Hockey at senior level when he helped his country to a 5–2 win over South Africa in Cape Town. [3]
In 2017, Sanford joined Reading in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for the 2017–18 season and while there represented England and won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. [4]
He transferred to Old Georgians for the 2019–20 season. [5] Sanford earned a call up to the Great Britain Olympic squad for the delayed 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo. [6] [7]
Sanford helped Old Georgians win the league and cup double during the 2022-23 season and the league title during the 2023-24 season. [8]
He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [9] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India. [10]