Samuel Ward (field hockey)

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Sam Ward
Personal information
Full name Samuel Ian Ward
Born (1990-12-24) 24 December 1990 (age 33)
Leicester, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Old Georgians
Senior career
YearsTeam
0000–2009 Leicester
2009–2011 Beeston
2011–2013 Loughborough Students
2013–2015 Beeston
2015–2017 Holcombe
2017–2018 Beeston
2018–present Old Georgians
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014– England & GB 141 (83)
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
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team

Samuel Ian Ward (born 24 December 1990), known as Sam Ward, is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward for Old Georgians and the England and Great Britain national teams.

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Club career

Ward plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Old Georgians. [1]

He has also played club hockey for Beeston (3 spells), Holcombe, Loughborough Students and Leicester. [2]

International career

He competed for Great Britain at the 2016 Olympics, and for England in the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy. [3] [4] [5] During the Olympic Qualifier against Malaysia, he was struck by the ball in the face and he lost some sight in his left eye. [6] On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. [7] He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [8] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India. [9]

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References

  1. "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
  2. "EHL statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
  4. "WARD Sam - Olympic Hockey - Great Britain". Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. "GB Hockey Profile". England Hockey. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  6. "Sam Ward: GB & England hockey player fighting for career after losing sight in left eye". www.bbc.com. BBC. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  7. "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  8. "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  9. "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.