John Shaw (field hockey)
British field hockey player (born 1962)
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John David Shaw (born 24 April 1962) is former field hockey player who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Born |
24 April 1962 Taiping, Perak, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1997 | Southgate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | England & Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Shaw was born in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. He played club hockey for Southgate Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League.[2]
Shaw was part of the bronze medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the 1984 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Karachi, Pakistan[3] and won a silver medal with England at the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup.[4]
At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, he represented Great Britain in the hockey tournament.[5]
After participating in the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup, where he acted as vice-captain,[6] he represented Great Britain at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.[5]
After he retired from playing he coached the Slough women's team.[7] He later worked as a hockey coach at Surbiton High School, and coached at Old Cranleighans Hockey Club. He has previously worked as a coach for Southgate Hockey Club Men's 1st XI and for Oxford University Hockey Club.[8]
