Richard Smith (field hockey)

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Richard Smith
Personal information
Full name Richard Christopher
Michael Wijtenburg-Smith
Born (1987-09-28) 28 September 1987 (age 37)
Portsmouth, England
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club HDM (trainer-coach)
Youth career
City of Portsmouth
Senior career
YearsTeam
City of Portsmouth
Guildford
2006–2012 Loughborough Students
2012–2013 Racing Club de Bruxelles
2013–2020 Hampstead & Westminster
2020–2021 Klein Zwitserland
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2013 England & GB 120 (16)
Coaching career
2021–2024 Klein Zwitserland (assistant)
2024–present HDM
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
EuroHockey Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Amstelveen
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Mönchengladbach
Champions Trophy
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Mönchengladbach

Richard Christopher Michael Wijtenburg-Smith (born 28 September 1987) is an English field hockey coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Dutch Hoofdklasse club HDM.

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International career

Smith made his international debut in 2009. [1] He competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He also won gold at the 2009 EuroHockey Championship with England. [2]

Club career

He has played club hockey for Hampstead & Westminster, Loughborough, Guildford and City of Portsmouth, as well as for Racing Club de Bruxelles in Belgium. [3] [4] 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. [5] After one season in The Hague he retired from playing top-level hockey. [6]

Coaching career

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. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Richard Smith". England Hockey. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "EHL statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "EHL statistics". FixturesLive.com. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Richard Smith volgt Erik van Driel op bij HDM heren 1". hdmonline.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 June 2024.


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