Jon Wyatt
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| Born |
12 February 1973 (age 52) Southampton, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–2005 | Reading | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | |||||||||||||||
| 1995–2005 | GB | 77 | |||||||||||||||
| 1995–2005 | England | 195 | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jonathan Francis Wyatt (born 12 February 1973) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Wyatt was educated at Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe and played club hockey for Reading in the Men's England Hockey League and it was while at Reading that he made his major tournament appearances.
At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he represented Great Britain.[2] He won a bronze medal representing England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur[3][4] and participated in the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup.[5]
A second Olympic appearance ensued at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where he captained the team[6][2] before he represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[7][8]
In 2018, Wyatt was appointed as Sport and Development Director for the International Hockey Federation (FIH).[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jon Wyatt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Three more for England". Reading Evening Post. 5 August 1998. Retrieved 8 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Experienced hockey squad for Games". Bolton News. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Parnham in latest squad". Shropshire Star. 21 June 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "FIH appoints OW Jon Wyatt as Sport and Development Director". RGSHW. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Jon Wyatt at Olympics.com
- Jon Wyatt at Team GB
- Jon Wyatt at Olympedia
- Jon Wyatt at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- British male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Reading Hockey Club players
- Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- People educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Southampton