Niall Stott
British field hockey player (born 1981)
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Niall Craig Stott (born 6 February 1981) is a Scottish former field hockey player who was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
Dundee, Scotland
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Born |
6 February 1981 Dundee, Scotland | |||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder/Attacker | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Dundee Wanderers | |||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Kelburne | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | UHC Hamburg | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2016 | East Grinstead | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Fareham | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2014 | GB | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2014 | Scotland | 159 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Stott was born in Dundee and played as a midfield/attacker. He began playing club hockey when he was eleven years old. His brother Ross also played for Scotland, while his cousin, Craig Strachan, was a senior international.
In 2004 as a member of Dundee Wanderers, he represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Athens[2][3]
Stott was part of the Scotland Commonwealth Games team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne[4] and when attached to Kelburne Hockey Club he was selected as a travelling reserve for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2]
In 2009, Stott joined East Grinstead to play in the Men's England Hockey League.[5]
While at East Grinstead, he played for Scotland during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi,[6] represented Great Britain at the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy[7] and won a bronze medal with the team at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.[8]
He represented Scotland in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[9]
After the Commonwealth Games, Stott announced his international retirement in August 2014.[5]
Stott suffered a double leg break in 2019 while playing for Fareham Hockey Club.[10]
