Paul Svehlik

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Paul Svehlik
Personal information
Born (1947-04-15) 15 April 1947 (age 78)
Nigeria
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Senior career
YearsTeam
1966–1969 Cambridge University
1969–1975 Beckenham
National team
YearsTeamCaps
Great Britain 31
1969–1975 England 66

Paul Joseph Thomas Svehlik (born 15 April 1947) is a British field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Biography

Svehlik was born in Nigeria and educated at St Faith's School from 1954 to 1960 and then the The Leys School in Cambridge. he then studied at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge from 1966 to 1969. [2]

Svehlik won three blues for the hockey team while at the University of Cambridge and captained the team in 1969, in addition to gaining his first England cap. [2] He then played club hockey for Beckenham Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League.

While at Beckenham, he captained England in 1971, went to the 1972 Olympics and represented England at the 1973 Men's Hockey World Cup in Amstelveen. [3]

He was also selected by England for the 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. [4] [5]

After retiring from hockey he became a European Administrator of the Mens Tennis Council, a position he held until 1990. He was also the head of the boxers delegation for the International Boxing Association at the 2004 Olympics. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paul Svehlik Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Old Fidelian recollections of St Faith's". St Faith's School. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Day shocks seed Haslam" . Evening News (London). 5 January 1973. Retrieved 4 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "England name hockey squad" . Liverpool Daily Post. 19 December 1974. Retrieved 4 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Hat-tricks, hospitality and honour: recalling the 1975 men's Hockey World Cup". The Hockey Museum. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
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