Nick Thompson (field hockey)
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| Born |
21 September 1967 Hackney, London | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986–2003 | Old Loughtonians | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2010 | Cannock | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | |||||||||||||||
| – | England & Great Britain | 196 (58) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nicholas Thompson (born 21 September 1967) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He gained 196 caps and scored 58 goals.[1]
Biography
Thompson, born in Hackney, only picked up a hockey stick in 1981 aged 14[2] but by 1983 was representing the England U16 team.[3]
Thompson played club hockey for Old Loughtonians Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League from 1986 and was involved in the Seoul 1988 Olympic training squad.[2] He was selected for the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup.[4] After missing selection for the 1992 Olympics he was added to the squad for the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup.[5]
Still at Old Loughtonians he was selected for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and participated in the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup.[6]
Thompson left Old Loughtonians to join Cannock and experienced a legue title success during the 2003–04 England Hockey League season and in 2010 would become the England Hockey leagues all–time record scorer with 280 goals.[2]
Thompson coached after finishing his playing career and coached the U21 England U21 squad from 2006 until 2008. In 2010 coached Cambridge City Hockey Club to National League status.[2]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nick Thompson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Nick Thompson". Class Hockey. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "England win". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 13 April 1983. Retrieved 12 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Kerley under threat". Daily Express. 3 November 1989. Retrieved 8 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hockey England World Cup squad". Hoylake & West Kirby News. 3 August 1994. 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.