Jimmy Wallis
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| Born | 13 June 1974 (age 47) London, Greater London, England | |||||||||||||
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| Club | Teddington Hockey Club Reading Hockey Club | |||||||||||||
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James Wallis (born 13 June 1974 in London, Greater London) is a male former English field hockey midfielder.
Hockey career[]
Wallis was a member of the British squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Wallis was also a member of Team GB at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Wallis, nicknamed Wal, "Kipper" and Ratty, played club hockey for Teddington Hockey Club and Surbiton Hockey Club. He made his debut for England in 1995. He represented England and won a bronze medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[1]
Personal life[]
He now works as a hockey coach and Physics teacher at Reed's School in Surrey. He plays golf competitively, has played for the Surrey County Golf Union First Team and reached his lowest handicap in 2012 (plus 2). In 2014 he finished tied first at The Open Championship Regional Qualifying tournament at Hankley Common GC with a 3-under par score of 68.
References[]
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- Profile on Athens 2004 website[dead link]
- Jimmy Wallis at the International Olympic Committee
- Jimmy Wallis at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- English male field hockey players
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from London
- 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Surbiton Hockey Club players
- Teddington Hockey Club players
- Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- English field hockey biography stubs