Julian Halls

Julian Halls
Personal information
Born17 April 1967 (1967-04-17) (age 59)
Rochford, Essex, England
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionDefender
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
1989–1998 Old Loughtonians - -
1995 Canberra - -
1998 Haagsche Delftsche Mixed - -
1998–2000 Cannock - -
2000–2005 St Albans - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
– GB 59 -
– England 125 -
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1998 Kuala LumpurTeam
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place1995 DublinTeam
Bronze medal – third place1999 PaduaTeam

Julian Halls (born 17 April 1967) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

Halls played club hockey for Old Loughtonians in the Men's England Hockey League, becoming the club captain.[2] He appeared at the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup[3] and the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup[4] and played for Old Loughtonians until they lost him for the best part of 1995, when he switched to play his club hockey for Canberra in Australia.[5]

Returning to Old Loughtonians, Halls represented Great Britain at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta[6] before going the Netherlands to play for Haagsche Delftsche Mixed.

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the men's hockey, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[7][8] Shortly after the Commonwealth Games, Halls made his Cannock debut in October 1988.[9]

While at Cannock, Halls represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.[6][10] After the Olympics, Halls joined St Albans as a player coach for the 2000/01 season.[11]

At international retirement he had won 59 caps for Great Britain and 125 caps for England and returned to Old Loughtonians as Director of Coaching in 2010.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Julian Halls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Loughtonians show no mercy". Leamington Spa Courier. 24 November 1989. Retrieved 30 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Hockey World Cup". Birmingham News. 3 November 1989. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Bobby's call Down Under". Hoylake & West Kirby News. 3 August 1994. Retrieved 13 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Record trio". Birmingham Mail. 5 April 1995. Retrieved 30 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. 1 2 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Three more for England". Reading Evening Post. 5 August 1998. Retrieved 8 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  9. ↑ "England star's debut for champs". Sandwell Evening Mail. 9 October 1998. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Hockey: Great Britain's Olympic squad". The Scotsman. 20 July 2000. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Halls leads St Albans' challenge". The Independent. 7 October 2000. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Julian's big ambitions". BBC Sport. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
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