Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Wales | 19 September 2000|||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfield | |||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||
–2017 | Bridgend | |||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Cardiff & Met | |||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Exeter Univ | |||||||||||||
2022–2025 | Wimbledon | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
2018– | Wales | 73 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rhys Bradshaw (born 19 December 2000) is a Welsh field hockey player who has represented Wales. He competed for Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Bradshaw played club hockey for Bridgend Hockey Club [1] before joining Cardiff & Met Hockey Club. [2] While at Cardiff he made his Welsh debut against Poland in 2018. [1]
In 2019, he joined University of Exeter Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League [1] before moving to Wimbledon Hockey Club for the 2022–23 season. [3]
Bradshaw was selected to represent Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, [4] [5] helping his nation to a sixth place finish during the men's tournament after being defeated by New Zealand in the fifth place play off match on 7 August 2022. [6]
He was also part of the Welsh team at the 2023 World Cup, which was the first time in their history that Wales had appeared in the world Cup. [7] Additionally he was part of the Welsh team that played at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship. [8]
In 2025, he helped Wales win the gold medal at the European Championship II, defeating Ireland in the final. [9] [10]