Will Calnan
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| Born |
17 April 1996 London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | HDM | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Surbiton | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2023 | Hampstead & Westminster | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Southgate | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | HDM | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | England & GB U21 | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | England & GB | 99 | (19) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William James Cameron Calnan (born 17 April 1996) is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club HDM and the England and Great Britain national teams.[1] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Calnan, born in London, went to school at St Andrew's School in Woking and Cranleigh School, Surrey[2] and studied at Kingston University, where he graduated with a degree in business management.
Calnan played club hockey for Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division from 2013 to 2016 and Hampstead & Westminster from 2016 to 2023. While at Hampstead & Westminster he made his senior Great Britain national team debut against Belgium, on 14 June 2018. He won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[3]
Calnan transferred to Southgate Hockey Club for the 2023–24 season and on 18 June 2024, he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[5]
In 2024 he left England to play for HDM in the Dutch Hoofdklasse.[6]
References
- ^ "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
- ^ "England Calls". Cranleigh School. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Will Calnan speelt komend seizoen bij HDM heren 1". 070online.nl (in Dutch). 21 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
External links
- Will Calnan at the International Hockey Federation
- Will Calnan at the European Hockey Federation
- Will Calnan on England Hockey
- Will Calnan at Team GB
- Will Calnan at Team England
- William Calnan at Olympics.com
- William Calnan} at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- William Calnan at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- William Calnan on Instagram