Zachary Wallace

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Zach Wallace
Personal information
Full name Zachary Andrew David Wallace
Born (1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 (age 25)
Redhill, England
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club Bloemendaal
Youth career
Surbiton
Senior career
YearsTeam
2015–2021 Surbiton
2021–2023 HGC
2023–present Bloemendaal
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 England & GB U21 19 (5)
2018–present England & GB 101 (20)
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
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 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]

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

Club career

In March 2021 it was announced that Wallace joined Dutch Hoofdklasse club HGC for the 2021–22 season. [4] [5] After two seasons he moved to Bloemendaal. [6] [7]

He previously played in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton. [8]

International career

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. [9]

On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. [10]

He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [11] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India. [12]

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References

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  7. 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.
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