Niall Stott
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| Born |
6 February 1981 Dundee, Scotland | |||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder/Attacker | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Dundee Wanderers | |||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Kelburne | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | UHC Hamburg | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2016 | East Grinstead | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Fareham | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2014 | GB | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2014 | Scotland | 159 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Niall Craig Stott (born 6 February 1981) is a Scottish former field hockey player who was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Stott was born in Dundee and played as a midfield/attacker. He began playing club hockey when he was eleven years old. His brother Ross also played for Scotland, while his cousin, Craig Strachan, was a senior international.
In 2004 as a member of Dundee Wanderers, he represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Athens[2][3]
Stott was part of the Scotland Commonwealth Games team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne[4] and when attached to Kelburne Hockey Club he was selected as a travelling reserve for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2]
In 2009, Stott joined East Grinstead to play in the Men's England Hockey League.[5]
While at East Grinstead, he played for Scotland during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi,[6] represented Great Britain at the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy[7] and won a bronze medal with the team at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.[8]
He represented Scotland in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[9]
After the Commonwealth Games, Stott announced his international retirement in August 2014.[5]
Stott suffered a double leg break in 2019 while playing for Fareham Hockey Club.[10]
References
- ^ "Profile". sports-reference.
- ^ a b "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ "GB name hockey squad". BBC Sport. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "Scotland Commonwealth Games squad". BBC Sport. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Niall Stott announces International retireme". Scottish Hockey. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ "HOCKEY: Kelburne stars dominate Commonwealth Games selection squad". Daily Record. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
- ^ "Niall Stott named in Great Britain squad for Champions Trophy". Scottish Hockey. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ "Michael Bremner retires from international hockey". Scottish Hockey. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014: Scotland's Commonwealth Games team". BBC Sport. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ "Fareham's ex-Olympic star Niall Stott: I thought a broken leg would end my hockey career". The Portsmouth News. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
External links
- Niall Stott at Team GB
- Niall Stott at Olympedia
- Niall Stott at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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