Will Calnan

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Will Calnan
Personal information
Born (1996-04-17) 17 April 1996 (age 29)
London, England
Playing position Forward
Senior career
YearsTeam
2013–2016 Surbiton
2016–2023 Hampstead & Westminster
2023–2024 Southgate
2024–present HDM
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2015–2017 England & GB U21 26
2018–present England & GB 99 (19)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
EuroHockey Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Mönchengladbach
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team

William James Cameron Calnan (born 17 April 1996) is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club HDM and the England and Great Britain national teams. [1] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Biography

Calnan, born in London, went to school at St Andrew's School in Woking and Cranleigh School, Surrey [2] and studied at Kingston University, where he graduated with a degree in business management.

Calnan played club hockey for Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division from 2013 to 2016 and Hampstead & Westminster from 2016 to 2023. While at Hampstead & Westminster he made his senior Great Britain national team debut against Belgium, on 14 June 2018. He won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham [3] and won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach. [4]

Calnan transferred to Southgate Hockey Club for the 2023–24 season and on 18 June 2024, he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [5] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India. [6]

In 2024 he left England to play for HDM in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
  2. ↑ "England Calls". Cranleigh School. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "EuroHockey: England men lose out to the Netherlands in dramatic final". BBC Sport. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Will Calnan speelt komend seizoen bij HDM heren 1". 070online.nl (in Dutch). 21 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
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