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| Human Interest | |
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Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Wimbledon Hockey Club: England |
Further Personal Information | |
| Higher education | Business, Commerce - University of Birmingham: England |
General Interest | |
| Hobbies | Golf, spending time at the beach. (Twitter profile, 01 Oct 2016) |
| Hero / Idol | Swedish tennis player Stefan Edberg. (englandhockey.co.uk, 18 Jan 2014) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Ben Hawes [club]; Bobby Crutchley [national] |
| Preferred position / style / stance / technique | Forward |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up hockey at age five at his local club. |
International Debut | |
| Year | 2005 |
| Competing for | England |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Athlete |
General Interest | |
| Nicknames | Stingray [because of his resemblence to a character of the same name from an Australian soap opera]. (telegraph.co.uk, 25 Oct 2009) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Handedness | Right |
Further Personal Information | |
| Languages | English |
General Interest | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength or lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will." (englandhockey.co.uk, 18 Jan 2014) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | His father played hockey and encouraged him and his brother to take up the sport. |
Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | London, ENG |
General Interest | |
| Injuries | He sustained a concussion after colliding with an opposition player during a match in November 2014. He suffered from a continuous headache and was diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome, a condition that sidelined him for almost a year. (englandhockey.co.uk, 26 Oct 2015; somersetlive.co.uk, 08 Aug 2016) He injured his knee in March 2014. (getreading.co.uk, 14 Mar 2014) He broke a metatarsal in his left foot in a match against India ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and failed to recover in time to compete at the event. (dkhlegacytrust.org, 04 Nov 2013; bbc.co.uk, 04 May 2012) He broke his foot at the end of 2009, and sustained the same injury in a training camp before the 2010 World Cup in Delhi, India. (profsports.com, 11 Nov 2011) |
| Famous relatives | His older brother Richard has represented Great Britain and England in hockey. (getreading.co.uk, 14 Mar 2014; englandhockey.co.uk, 11 Nov 2011) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Footedness | Right |
International Debut | |
| Opponent | Ireland |
| Location | England |