Ben Sharpe
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| Born |
31 July 1973 (age 51) Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2005 | Cannock | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | |||||||||||||||
| GB & England | 144 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Benjamin John Sharpe (born 31 July 1973) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Sharpe was educated at Repton School and was called up to the England U17 squad in 1990.[2]
Sharpe played club hockey for Cannock in the Men's England Hockey League and worked his way through to the Cannock first team after starting with the Cannock 5ths. While at Cannock he represented England and won a bronze medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur[3][4] and participated in the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup.[5]
Still at Cannock, he represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.[6][7]
At international retirement he had won 144 caps.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ben Sharpe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ "Repton are bound for youth final". Burton Daily Mail. 4 April 1990. Retrieved 30 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Three more for England". Reading Evening Post. 5 August 1998. Retrieved 8 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Holden's team can't stop Rott". Reading Evening Post. 2 April 1998. Retrieved 8 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hockey: Great Britain's Olympic squad". The Scotsman. 20 July 2000. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ "Sports Round-up". the Telegraph. 28 May 2002. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
External links
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Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- British male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games