Richard Alexander (field hockey)
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Full name | Richard Ian M. Alexander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Ian M. Alexander (born 15 September 1981 in Homersfield, Suffolk), nicknamed "Ratman", is an English field hockey player.
Alexander made his international senior debut for the national squad in January 2005 against South Africa. He has represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He has 130 England caps and 58 Great Britain caps.[1][2]
He plays club hockey for Indian Gymkhana in the South Hockey League Premier Division 1. He has also played for Richmond Hockey Club, Hampstead & Westminster, Wimbledon, Surbiton and Loughborough.[3][4]
Alexander was educated at Town Close School.[5]
He now teaches in at a school named Nottingham High School in Nottingham.
References
[edit]- ^ "Richard Alexander - England Hockey". Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Richard Alexander". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ Norwich’s newest hockey facilities are fit for Olympian Richard Alexander
External links
[edit]- Richard Alexander at Olympics.com
- Richard Alexander at Olympedia
- Richard Alexander at Team GB
- Richard Alexander at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- English male field hockey players
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- British male field hockey players
- People from Waveney District
- Loughborough Students field hockey players
- Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club players
- Wimbledon Hockey Club players
- Surbiton Hockey Club players
- Sportspeople from Norwich
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Male indoor hockey players
- 2011 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players
- People educated at Town Close School
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- English field hockey biography stubs