Jack Waller (field hockey)
English field hockey player (born 1997)
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Jack Laurence Waller (born 28 January 1997) is an English field hockey player, who plays as a defender or midfielder for Dutch Hoofdklasse Club Pinoké and the England and Great Britain national teams.[2] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Kingston upon Thames, England
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
28 January 1997 Kingston upon Thames, England | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2014–2015 | Wimbledon | ||
| 2015–2018 | Durham University | ||
| 2018–2021 | Wimbledon | ||
| 2021–2022 | Gantoise | ||
| 2022–2024 | Wimbledon | ||
| 2024–present | Pinoké | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2015–2017 | England & GB U21 | 32 | (3) |
| 2018–present | England & GB | 126 | (8) |
Medal record | |||
Biography
Waller was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, London.[3] He completed his higher education at Durham University.[4]
Waller played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Wimbledon and then Durham University.[5] While at Durham he made his senior international debuts in October 2018, for Great Britain v Belgium on 2 October 2018 and for England v France on 16 October 2018.
On 27 April 2021 it was announced that Waller had signed for Belgian club Gantoise for the 2021–22 season.[6] Later that year he was selected to represent Great Britain in the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[7]
He won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[8]
After one season in Belgium he returned to Wimbledon for the 2022-2023 season. He won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach.[9]
In 2024 he moved to the Netherlands to play for Pinoké.[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]
