Liam Sanford

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Liam Sanford
Personal information
Born (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 (age 28)
Wegberg, Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Old Georgians
Youth career
Wycombe HC
Senior career
YearsTeam
0000–2017 Team Bath Buccaneers
2017–2019 Reading
2019–present Old Georgians
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016 England & GB U21 23
2017–present England & GB 76 (0)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
EuroHockey Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Mönchengladbach
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Amstelveen
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Waterloo

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]

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Club career

Sanford plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Old Georgians He has also played for Reading & Team Bath Buccaneers. He also plays hockey for the RAF and began playing hockey for Wycombe Hockey Club. [2]

International career

Sanford became the first-ever current 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] He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [4] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India. [5]

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References

  1. "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
  2. "Latest News :: Wycombe Hockey Club".
  3. "Team Bath Buccs' Liam Sanford makes historic debut as England Hockey win in South Africa". 3 March 2017.
  4. "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  5. "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.