Barry Middleton
Medal record | ||
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Men’s Field Hockey | ||
Representing England | ||
Commonwealth Games | ||
2014 Glasgow | Team | |
EuroHockey Nations Championship | ||
2009 Amstelveen | Team | |
2003 Barcelona | Team | |
2011 Monchengladbach | Team | |
World League | ||
2012-13 | Team |
Barry John Middleton (born 12 January 1984 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire) is an English field hockey player and is the current captain of the English team.
History
The midfielder/forward made his international debut in April 2003 against Belgium. He was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and fifth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the England Squad that won the 2009 Eurohockey Nations Cup.[1]
He plays for Holcombe, having formerly played for East Grinstead, HGC, Cannock and Doncaster.[2] [3]
On May 24, 2014 he became the most capped English hockey international when he played his 308th international game. The match, against Australia at Bisham Abbey in Buckinghamshire, was his 203rd appearance for England. He had also won 105 Great Britain caps to that date. The previous record holder was Russell Garcia with 307 GB/England caps.[4]
References
- ^ "Barry Middleton - GB Hockey". GB Hockey. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ "Middleton breaks GB/England hockey caps record". Push Hockey. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- Use dmy dates from August 2012
- 1984 births
- Living people
- English field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- English field hockey biography stubs