Jimmy Wallis

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Jimmy Wallis
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Personal information
Born 13 June 1974 (1974-06-13) (age 51)
London, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 146 lb (66 kg)
Senior career
Years Team
1995–2001 Teddington
2001–2007 Surbiton
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
GB & England
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing File:Flag of England.svg England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Padua Team
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Barcelona Team

James Wallis (born 13 June 1974) is an English former field hockey midfielder. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Biography

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Wallis nicknamed Wal, Kipper and Ratty, played club hockey for Teddington Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League. In January 1995 he was selected for the England U21 team.[3]

He made his debut for England in 1995 and represented England and won a bronze medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[4][5]

Still with Teddington he participated in the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup[6] and appeared for Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.[1][7][8]

Wallis joined Surbiton from Teddington and represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester[9][10] and at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament again.[1][11][12]

He now works as a hockey coach and physics teacher at Reed's School in Surrey and plays golf competitively. 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.[citation needed]

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