Peter Brown (field hockey)
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| Born |
7 July 1994 Newry, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Banbridge | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Ireland | 67 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2014 | Ireland U–21 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Brown (born 7 July 1994)[1] is a field hockey player from Northern Ireland.[2][3][4]
Brown was born in Newry, a town bordering County Down and County Armagh in Northern Ireland.[5] He grew up in the town of Banbridge, nearby his birthplace.[6][7]
He is an alumnus of Queen's University Belfast and University College Dublin.[6][8]
Field hockey
Domestic league
Brown currently competes in the Irish Hockey League, where he plays for Banbridge Hockey Club.[7][9] He has also represented the side in the Euro Hockey League, the top club competition hosted by the European Hockey Federation.[10]
Under–21
Throughout 2014, Brown represented the Ireland U–21 team. He made his first appearances during a Four–Nations Tournament in Belfast.[11] He then went on to represent the side at the 2014 EuroHockey U–21 Championship II in Lousada, where he won a gold medal.[12]
Senior national team
Brown made his senior international debut for Ireland in 2013. He earned his first senior international cap during Round 2 of the 2012–13 FIH World League in New Delhi.[11]
Following his 2013 debut, Brown represented the team sporadically until 2017. After a seven year hiatus from the national team, he returned to the national squad in 2024 for the fifth season of the FIH Pro League, travelling with the squad to Bhubaneswar.[11]
In 2024 he officially became an Olympian. He competed in the field hockey competition for Team Ireland at the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris.[13][14][15][16]
He has since appeared in season six of the FIH Pro League, and has been named to represent the national team at the 2025 EuroHockey Championship II in Lousada.[11][17][18][19]
