Richard Smith (field hockey)

Richard Smith

Personal information
Born	(1987-09-28) 28 September 1987 (age 37) Portsmouth, England
Height	93 kg
Weight	189 cm
Playing position	Defender
Senior career
Years	Team
	City of Portsmouth
	Guildford
2006–2012	Loughborough Students
2012–2013	Racing Club de Bruxelles
2013–2020	Hampstead & Westminster
2020–2021	Klein Zwitserland
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2009–2013	England & GB	120	(16)
Coaching career
2021–2024	Klein Zwitserland (assistant)
2024–2025	HDM
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing   England EuroHockey Championship 2009 Amstelveen 2011 Mönchengladbach Champions Trophy 2010 Mönchengladbach

Richard Christopher Michael Wijtenburg-Smith (born 28 September 1987) is an English field hockey coach and former player and former head coach of Dutch Hoofdklasse club HDM. He played for England and Great Britain and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Biography

Smith played club hockey for City of Portsmouth and Guildford ^{[2] [3]} before joining Loughborough Students in the Men's England Hockey League for the 2006/07 season. While at Loughborough he made his international debut in 2009. ^[4] He also won gold at the 2009 EuroHockey Championship with England ^[5] and played in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. ^[6] he was also part of the silver medal winning England team that competed at the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach, Germany. ^[7]

He competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. ^{[1] [8]}

After the Olympics he spent a year playing in Belgium for Racing Club de Bruxelles before returning to England to play for Hampstead & Westminster until 2020.

On 16 June 2020, it was announced he joined Klein Zwitserland in The Hague for the 2020–21 season as he moved to the Netherlands. ^[9] After one season in The Hague he retired from playing top-level hockey. ^[10]

After his retirement, he became the assistant coach of his former team at Klein Zwitserland. In 2024 he was appointed as the head coach of HDM ^[11] but on 14 March 2025, it was announced that Richard Smith and HDM had parted.

References

1. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
2. "EHL statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
3. "EHL statistics". FixturesLive.com. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
4. "Richard Smith". England Hockey. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Richard Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
6. "Mantells go back to India with England". Berkshire Live. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
7. "England suffer heavy defeat in first Champions Trophy final". The Guardian. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
8. "London 2012: GB confirms its men's hockey squad". BBC Sport. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
9. "Nieuwe aanwinsten van Klein Zwitserland geven de club weer een nieuwe impuls". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Hoofdklasse Hockey Nederland. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
10. Borcherts, Reemt (6 September 2021). "Hyper-ambitieus KZ zorgt in ieder geval voor spektakel op de transfermarkt". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
11. "Richard Smith volgt Erik van Driel op bij HDM heren 1". hdmonline.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 June 2024.

External links

• Richard Smith at Olympics.com
• Richard Smith at Team GB
• Richard Smith at Olympedia
• Richard Smith at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)