Samuel Ward (field hockey)
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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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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.
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]
References
- ↑ "EHL statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Senior Squads | England Hockey". www.englandhockey.co.uk.
- ↑ "WARD Sam - Olympic Hockey - Great Britain". Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ↑ "GB Hockey Profile". England Hockey. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ↑ "Team GB name hockey squads for summer Olympics in Rio". Sky Sports. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ↑ "Men's hockey team ready for Gold Coast challenge". England Hockey. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ↑ "Sam Ward: GB & England hockey player fighting for career after losing sight in left eye". www.bbc.com. BBC. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ↑ "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ↑ "Team GB hockey: 21 players to make Olympic debuts as men's and women's squads are named". Sky Sports. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ "EuroHockey: England men lose out to the Netherlands in dramatic final". BBC Sport. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ↑ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ↑ "EHL Premier Finals 2026 recap". England Hockey. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
External links
- Sam Ward at the International Hockey Federation
- Samuel Ward at the European Hockey Federation
- Sam Ward at Great Britain Hockey
- Sam Ward at England Hockey
- Sam Ward at Team GB
- Samuel Ward at Team England
- Samuel Ward at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
- Samuel Ward at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Sam Ward on Instagram
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- English men's field hockey players
- Sportspeople from Leicester
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Men's field hockey forwards
- Loughborough Students field hockey players
- Holcombe Hockey Club players
- Beeston Hockey Club players
- Men's England Hockey League players
- 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey
- Commonwealth Games field hockey players for England
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players