Samuel Ward (field hockey)
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Full name | Samuel Ian Ward | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Leicester, England | 24 December 1990|||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Old Georgians | |||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||
–2009 | Leicester | |||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Beeston | 14 | (23) | |||||||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Loughborough Students | 13 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Beeston | 27 | (41) | |||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Holcombe | 28 | (30) | |||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Beeston | |||||||||||||||||||||
2018–present | Old Georgians | 9 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||
2014– | England & GB | 141 | (83) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 2 February 2022 |
Samuel Ian "Sam" Ward (born 24 December 1990) is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward for Old Georgians and the England and Great Britain national teams.
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]
References[]
- ^ "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
- ^ "EHL statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
- ^ "WARD Sam - Olympic Hockey - Great Britain". Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "GB Hockey Profile". England Hockey. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
External links[]
- Samuel Ward at FIH
- Samuel Ward at the British Olympic Association
- Samuel Ward at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- English male field hockey players
- Sportspeople from Leicester
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Male field hockey forwards
- Loughborough Students field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Holcombe Hockey Club players
- Beeston Hockey Club players
- Men's England Hockey League players
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- English field hockey biography stubs