David Westcott
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| Born |
14 May 1957 London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1981 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1983 | St Albans | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Southgate | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||
| England | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David Guy Westcott (born 14 May 1957) is a former field hockey player, who won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Westcott was educated at Cranleigh School and studied at Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] He played hockey for the University of Oxford team[3] and was also a competetent cricket player.
While at Oxford University, he played club hockey for St Albans in the Men's England Hockey League.[4] As a St Albans player, he played for Great Britain in the 1980 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Karachi and for England at the 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup in Bombay.[5]
He signed for Southgate Hockey Club from the 1983/84 season. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, he represented Great Britain in the hockey tournament, winning a bronze medal for the team.[6]
Westcott is a retired barrister specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence. He was appointed as one of Her Majesty's Queen's Counsel in 2003. He is a member of Outer Temple Chambers.
References
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ "Oxonian Olympians". Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ "Hockey lesson". Birmingham Daily Post. 17 November 1977. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Westleigh falter". Leicester Daily Mercury. 17 December 1979. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "England fail". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 7 January 1982. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Results". Sandwell Evening Mail. 2 July 1984. Retrieved 20 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.