Ben Hawes

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Ben Hawes
MBE
Personal information
Born 28 July 1980 (1980-07-28) (age 45)
Lewes, East Sussex, England
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing position Midfield
Senior career
Years Team
Lewes
2003–2004 Surbiton
2004–2006 Amsterdam
2006–2010 Surbiton
2010–2017 Wimbledon
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
GB 99
England 132
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing File:Flag of England.svg England
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2010 Mönchengladbach Team
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Barcelona Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Amsterdam Team

Benjamin Robert Hawes MBE (born 28 July 1980) is a former English field hockey player who played for the England and the Great Britain national team in midfield or as a halfback. He represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2004, 2008 (as captain) and 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

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Hawes played club hockey for Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League and while at Surbiton represented Great Britain at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.[1][2] He moved to play in Amsterdam and represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[3][4]

He returned to Surbiton and at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, he represented Great Britain again and was the captain of the team during the tournament.[1] He was part of the silver medal winning England team that competed at the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach, Germany.[5]

Hawes left Surbiton at the end of 2010 season and joined Wimbledon and while at the club represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.[6]

Hawes earned 132 caps representing England and 99 caps representing Great Britain (231 international caps) before he announced his retirement from international hockey in 2013.[7][8]

He became the coach of the Wimbledon men's team and was named Chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA) Athletes' Commission in 2015,[9] representing British Olympic Athletes on the BOA Board, after serving on the commission for four years.

Hawes was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to sport.[10]

References

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  • Team GB profile: Nem Hawes at Telegraph.co.uk
  • EHL Statistics at FixturesLive.com


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