Sean Rowlands
British field hockey player
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Sean Anthony Rowlands (born 12 September 1966) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1]
London, England
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| Born |
12 September 1966 London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Lewes | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | Leicester Westleigh | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1995 | Havant | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| – | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||
| – | England | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Rowlands studied at Durham University and represented England Under 21's at field hockey while still an undergraduate.[2]
He played club hockey for Lewes and then Leicester Westleigh, with the latter making his Great Britain debut at the six nations tournament in Barcelona in January 1988.[3] Later that year, Rowlands joined Havant in the Men's England Hockey League for the 1988/89 season.[4]
While at Havant, he represented England at the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup[5] and Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.[6][7]
Rowlands won three league titles with Havant in 1990/91, 1991/92 and 1993/94, before he retired after the 1995 season.[8]
