Matthew Daly
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| Born |
8 July 1983 Dammam, Saudi Arabia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2016 | Surbiton | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2025 | Teddington | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2005-2012 | England & GB | 152 | (57) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matthew Daly (born 8 July 1983) is an English field hockey player who played for England and Great Britain and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Daly was born in Saudi Arabia. He played club hockey for Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League from 2002 to 2016.[2]
While at Surbtion, Daly made his international debut in 2005. He competed for at numerous tournaments, including representing England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne[3][4] and playing for Great Britain in the 2008 men's tournament at the Olympic Games in Beijing.[5][1]
Four years later he represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the 2012 field hockey tournament.[6][7]
In 2016 he left Surbiton to join Teddington[8] and became their Performance Director in 2020.[9]
He is currently a senior member of staff and hockey coach at Kingston Grammar School.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "EHL statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Surbiton seven in medals quest". Surrey Comet. 16 March 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "Melbourne 2006 Team". Team England. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "Matt Daly - GB Hockey". greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ "London 2012: GB confirms its men's hockey squad". GBR Athletics. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "Matt Daly". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ "EHL statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Teddington Hockey Club appoints first ever female club captain as it prepares to celebrate 150 years of hockey". Teddington Nub News. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "Matt Daly".
External links
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Dammam
- English male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- British male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Surbiton Hockey Club players
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- 21st-century English sportsmen