Zachary Wallace

Zach Wallace

Personal information
Born	(1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 (age 25) Redhill, England
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Playing position	Midfielder / Forward
Senior career
Years	Team
2015–2021	Surbiton
2021–2023	HGC
2023–present	Bloemendaal
2024–present	Hyderabad Toofans
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2017–2019	England & GB U21	19	(5)
2018–present	England & GB	101	(20)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing   England EuroHockey Championship 2023 Mönchengladbach Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team EuroHockey Junior Championship 2019 Valencia

Zachary Andrew David Wallace (born 29 September 1999) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Bloemendaal and the England and Great Britain national teams. ^[2] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Wallace was educated at Kingston Grammar School, Kingston-upon-Thames before joining Whitgift School, South Croydon, London in the 6th form. ^[3]

He started his hockey career with Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division. ^[4] While at Surbiton, Wallace made his senior international debuts in October 2018, aged 19, for Great Britain versus Belgium on 2 October 2018 and for England versus France on 16 October 2018. In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award. ^[5]

In March 2021 it was announced that Wallace had joined Dutch Hoofdklasse club HGC for the 2021–22 season. ^{[6] [7]} On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship ^[8] and was selected to represent Great Britain in the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. ^[9]

He won a bronze medal as captain of the England team in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. ^[10] He won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach. ^[11]

After two seasons with HGC, he moved to Bloemendaal. ^{[12] [13]}

He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. ^[14] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India. ^[15]

Walalce joined Hyderabad Toofans in the Hockey India League after being acquired in auction for the 2024-25 season. ^[16]

References

1. "WALLACE Zachary". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 15 March 2019.
2. "Zach Wallace - GB Hockey". www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020.
3. "Whitgift School News: Ten Whitgift pupils selected for England Hockey national training squads". Whitgift.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
4. "Fixtures, Results, Tables, Stats, Teams & Players - England Hockey". Englandhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
5. "Manpreet Singh nominated for FIH Player of the Year award". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Lausanne: The Times of India. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
6. "British hockey trio sign for Dutch club HGC". 4 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
7. "British hockey trio sign for Dutch club HGCa". 4 March 2021.
8. "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
9. "Team GB hockey: 21 players to make Olympic debuts as men's and women's squads are named". Sky Sports. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
10. "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
11. "EuroHockey: England men lose out to the Netherlands in dramatic final". BBC Sport. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
12. "Zachary Wallace van HGC naar Bloemendaal". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Hoofdklasse Hockey Nederland. 4 May 2023. Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
13. Gilmour, Rod (5 May 2023). "'Spectacular': GB Hockey star Zach Wallace signs for Dutch giants Bloemendaal". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
14. "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
15. "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
16. "Zach Wallace on Hockey India League's role in shaping India's hockey future". www.lokmattimes.com. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

External links

• Zachary Wallace at the International Hockey Federation
• Zachary Wallace at Olympics.com
• Zachary Wallace at Team GB
• Zachary Wallace at Olympedia