John Shaw (field hockey)
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| Full name | John David Shaw | ||||||||||||||||
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24 April 1962 Taiping, Perak, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||
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John David Shaw (born 24 April 1962) is an English former field hockey player.
Shaw represented Great Britain in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1] He also won a silver medal with England at the 1986 World Cup.[2] He also won an Olympic gold medal in Seoul.
Shaw was born in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. He is working as a Hockey Coach at Surbiton High School, and also coaches at Old Cranleighans Hockey Club. He has previously worked as a coach for Southgate Hockey Club Men's 1st XI and for Oxford University Hockey Club.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Shaw". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Remembering the boys of 86 – Sports Journalists' Association". 17 October 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Southgate Hockey Club". Retrieved 20 November 2014.
External links
[edit]- John Shaw at the International Hockey Federation
- John Shaw at Olympics.com
- John Shaw at Olympedia
- John Shaw at Team GB
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- Living people
- Malaysian sportspeople of Indian descent
- British male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Southgate Hockey Club players
- British field hockey biography stubs