Gareth Furlong
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Born |
10 May 1992 Cambridge, England | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| ?-2009 | Cambridge Nomads | |||||||||||||
| 2009-2011 | Harleston Magpies | |||||||||||||
| 2011-2014 | Sheffield | |||||||||||||
| 2014-2018 | Surbiton | |||||||||||||
| 2018-2019 | HC Tilburg | |||||||||||||
| 2019-2020 | Cardiff & Met | |||||||||||||
| 2020-2021 | HC Tilburg | |||||||||||||
| 2021-Present | Surbiton | |||||||||||||
| 2024-Present | Delhi SG Pipers | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
| 2010-Present | Wales | 158 | (105) | |||||||||||
| 2024-Present | GB | 17 | (7) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Gareth Furlong (born 10 May 1992)[1] is a Welsh field hockey player, who competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. His brother is Rhodri Furlong.[2]
Biography
Furlong, born in Cambridge,[3] began playing club hockey for Cambridge Nomads before joining Harleston Magpies.[4] He made his Welsh senior debut against the United States in 2010[4]
He studied Sport Science at Sheffield Hallam University and duly played for Sheffield Hallam HC and was called up to represent Wales in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[5]
He later played for Surbiton Hockey Club, where he won the league title in both the 17/18 and 18/19 seasons and was selected to represent Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[6] Furlong then moved to the Netherlands to play for HC Tilburg which was split for one season with Cardiff & Met, while he completed a masters degree.[4]
He represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[7]
After returning to play for Surbiton, Furlong was part of the team that won the league title during the 2024–25 Men's England Hockey League season.[8]
In 2025, he helped Wales win the gold medal at the European Championship II, defeating Ireland in the final.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Gareth Furlong". Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Welsh hockey legend praises his first club Cambridge Nomads". Cambridge News. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "The Paris 2024 Olympic Hockey squad:". Great Britain Hockey Sport. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ a b c "Gareth Furlong". Hockey Wales. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014: Team Wales". BBC Sport. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: Wales name Gold Coast Games hockey teams". BBC Sport. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "England Hockey Finals: Reading women and Surbiton men land surprise titles". The Hockey Paper. 5 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Wales men beat Ireland in EuroHockey II final shootout". FBBC Sport. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
- ^ "EuroHockey Championship II 2025 Men". FIH. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
