Jack Waller (field hockey)

Jack Waller
Personal information
Born (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997
Kingston upon Thames, England
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position Defender
Senior career
Years Team
2014–2015 Wimbledon
2015–2018 Durham University
2018–2021 Wimbledon
2021–2022 Gantoise
2022–2024 Wimbledon
2024–present Pinoké
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2015–2017 England & GB U21 32 (3)
2018–present England & GB 126 (8)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  England
EuroHockey Championship
Silver medal – second place 2023 Mönchengladbach
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Team

Jack Laurence Waller (born 28 January 1997) is an English field hockey player, who plays as a defender or midfielder for Dutch Hoofdklasse Club Pinoké and the England and Great Britain national teams.[2] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Waller was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, London.[3] He completed his higher education at Durham University.[4]

Waller played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Wimbledon and then Durham University.[5] While at Durham he made his senior international debuts in October 2018, for Great Britain v Belgium on 2 October 2018 and for England v France on 16 October 2018.

On 27 April 2021 it was announced that Waller had signed for Belgian club Gantoise for the 2021–22 season.[6] Later that year he was selected to represent Great Britain in the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[7]

He won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[8]

After one season in Belgium he returned to Wimbledon for the 2022-2023 season. He won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach.[9]

In 2024 he moved to the Netherlands to play for Pinoké.[10]

He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[11] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[12]

References

  1. ^ "WALLER Jack". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Jack Waller - GB Hockey". www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Whitgift School News: Four OWs selected for U21 international hockey tournament". Whitgift.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Durham University students play hockey on the highest stage". Palatinate. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  5. ^ "English junior star Jack Waller back at Wimbledon". Ehlhockery.tv. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Transfert : Jack Waller arrive à Gand". 27 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Team GB hockey: 21 players to make Olympic debuts as men's and women's squads are named". Sky Sports. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  9. ^ "EuroHockey: England men lose out to the Netherlands in dramatic final". BBC Sport. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  10. ^ Klanke, Peter (9 September 2024). "Pinoké trekt Engels international Jack Waller aan". tulphoofdklasse.com (in Dutch). Tulp Hoofdklasse. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  11. ^ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  12. ^ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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