Samuel Ward (field hockey)
English field hockey player (born 1990)
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Samuel Ian Ward (born 24 December 1990), known as Sam Ward, is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward for Old Georgians and the England and Great Britain national teams. He competed at three Olympic Games.
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| Born | 24 December 1990 Leicester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Ward played club hockey Leicester, Beeston (3 spells), Loughborough Students.[1] It was while at Beeston that he played for England in the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy.[2]
He left Beeston for Holcombe and was selected for Great Britain at the 2016 Olympic Games.[3][4][5] He represented England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[6]
After his third and final spell at Beeston, Ward joined Old Georgians in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for the 2018–19 Men's Hockey League season.[2]
During the Olympic Qualifier against Malaysia, he was struck by the ball in the face and he lost some sight in his left eye.[7] Despite the injury, on 28 May 2021 he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[8] and attended his second Olympic Games in delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[9]
He won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[10]
Ward helped Old Georgians complete the league and cup double during the 2022–23 season. He won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach.[11]
He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[12] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[13]
He won another Premier league title with Old Georgians in 2026.[14]
