Julian Halls
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| Born |
17 April 1967 (age 58) Rochford, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1998 | Old Loughtonians | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Canberra | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Haagsche Delftsche Mixed | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Cannock | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | St Albans | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | |||||||||||||||
| GB | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| England | 125 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Julian Halls (born 17 April 1967) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Halls played club hockey for Old Loughtonians in the Men's England Hockey League, becoming the club captain.[2] He appeared at the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup[3] and the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup[4] and played for Old Loughtonians until they lost him for the best part of 1995, when he switched to play his club hockey for Canberra in Australia.[5]
Returning to Old Loughtonians, Halls represented Great Britain at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta[6] before going the Netherlands to play for Haagsche Delftsche Mixed.
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the men's hockey, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[7][8] Shortly after the Commonwealth Games, Halls made his Cannock debut in October 1988.[9]
While at Cannock, Halls represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.[6][10] After the Olympics, Halls joined St Albans as a player coach for the 2000/01 season.[11]
At international retirement he had won 59 caps for Great Britain and 125 caps for England and returned to Old Loughtonians as Director of Coaching in 2010.[12]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Julian Halls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ "Loughtonians show no mercy". Leamington Spa Courier. 24 November 1989. Retrieved 30 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hockey World Cup". Birmingham News. 3 November 1989. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bobby's call Down Under". Hoylake & West Kirby News. 3 August 1994. Retrieved 13 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Record trio". Birmingham Mail. 5 April 1995. Retrieved 30 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ "Three more for England". Reading Evening Post. 5 August 1998. Retrieved 8 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England star's debut for champs". Sandwell Evening Mail. 9 October 1998. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hockey: Great Britain's Olympic squad". The Scotsman. 20 July 2000. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Halls leads St Albans' challenge". The Independent. 7 October 2000. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ "Julian's big ambitions". BBC Sport. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2025.