Jack Waller (field hockey)
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| Born |
28 January 1997 Kingston upon Thames, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Pinoké | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Wimbledon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Durham University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Wimbledon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Gantoise | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Wimbledon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Pinoké | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | England & GB U21 | 32 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | England & GB | 126 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jack Laurence Waller (born 28 January 1997) is an English field hockey player, who plays as a defender or midfielder for Dutch Hoofdklasse Club Pinoké and the England and Great Britain national teams.[2] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Waller was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, London.[3] He completed his higher education at Durham University.[4]
Waller played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Wimbledon and then Durham University.[5] While at Durham he made his senior international debuts in October 2018, for Great Britain v Belgium on 2 October 2018 and for England v France on 16 October 2018.
On 27 April 2021 it was announced that Waller had signed for Belgian club Gantoise for the 2021–22 season.[6] Later that year he was selected to represent Great Britain in the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[7]
He won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[8]
After one season in Belgium he returned to Wimbledon for the 2022-2023 season. In 2024 he moved to the Netherlands to play for Pinoké.[9]
He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[10] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[11]
References
- ^ "WALLER Jack". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Jack Waller - GB Hockey". www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Whitgift School News: Four OWs selected for U21 international hockey tournament". Whitgift.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Durham University students play hockey on the highest stage". Palatinate. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ "English junior star Jack Waller back at Wimbledon". Ehlhockery.tv. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ "Transfert : Jack Waller arrive à Gand". 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Team GB hockey: 21 players to make Olympic debuts as men's and women's squads are named". Sky Sports. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ Klanke, Peter (9 September 2024). "Pinoké trekt Engels international Jack Waller aan". tulphoofdklasse.com (in Dutch). Tulp Hoofdklasse. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.