Jimmy Wallis
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| Full name | James Wallis | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1974 (age 50) London, Greater London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Teddington Hockey Club Reading Hockey Club | ||||||||||||||
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James Wallis (born 13 June 1974 in London, Greater London) is a male former English field hockey midfielder. He has a wife and three children
Hockey career
[edit]Wallis was a member of the British squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.[1] Wallis was also a member of Team GB at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[2][3] Wallis, nicknamed Wal, "Kipper" and Ratty, played club hockey for Teddington Hockey Club and Surbiton Hockey Club. He made his debut for England in 1995. He represented England and won a bronze medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[4]
Personal life
[edit]He now works as a hockey coach and Physics teacher at Reed's School in Surrey. He plays golf competitively, has played for the Surrey County Golf Union First Team and reached his lowest handicap in 2012 (plus 2). In 2014 he finished tied first at The Open Championship Regional Qualifying tournament at Hankley Common GC with a 3-under par score of 68.
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Athens2004.com. Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games.[dead link]
- ^ "Jimmy Wallis". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jimmy Wallis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
External links
[edit]- Jimmy Wallis at the International Hockey Federation
- Jimmy Wallis at Olympics.com
- Jimmy Wallis at Olympedia
- Jimmy Wallis at Team GB
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- English male field hockey players
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players from London
- 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Surbiton Hockey Club players
- Teddington Hockey Club players
- Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- English field hockey biography stubs