Zachary Wallace

Zach Wallace
Personal information
Born (1999-09-29) 29 September 1999
Redhill, England
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Senior career
Years Team
2015–2021 Surbiton
2021–2023 HGC
2023–present Bloemendaal
2024–present Hyderabad Toofans
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2017–2019 England & GB U21 19 (5)
2018–present England & GB 101 (20)
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
EuroHockey Junior Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Valencia

Zachary Andrew David Wallace (born 29 September 1999) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Bloemendaal and the England and Great Britain national teams.[2] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Wallace was educated at Kingston Grammar School, Kingston-upon-Thames before joining Whitgift School, South Croydon, London in the 6th form.[3]

He started his hockey career with Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division.[4] While at Surbiton, Wallace made his senior international debuts in October 2018, aged 19, for Great Britain versus Belgium on 2 October 2018 and for England versus France on 16 October 2018. In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award.[5]

In March 2021 it was announced that Wallace had joined Dutch Hoofdklasse club HGC for the 2021–22 season.[6][7] On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship[8] and was selected to represent Great Britain in the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[9]

He won a bronze medal as captain of the England team in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[10] He won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach.[11]

After two seasons with HGC, he moved to Bloemendaal.[12][13]

He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[14] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[15]

Walalce joined Hyderabad Toofans in the Hockey India League after being acquired in auction for the 2024-25 season.[16]

References

  1. ^ "WALLACE Zachary". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Zach Wallace - GB Hockey". www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Whitgift School News: Ten Whitgift pupils selected for England Hockey national training squads". Whitgift.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Fixtures, Results, Tables, Stats, Teams & Players - England Hockey". Englandhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Manpreet Singh nominated for FIH Player of the Year award". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Lausanne: The Times of India. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  6. ^ "British hockey trio sign for Dutch club HGC". 4 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  7. ^ "British hockey trio sign for Dutch club HGCa". 4 March 2021.
  8. ^ "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  11. ^ "EuroHockey: England men lose out to the Netherlands in dramatic final". BBC Sport. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Zachary Wallace van HGC naar Bloemendaal". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Hoofdklasse Hockey Nederland. 4 May 2023. Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  13. ^ Gilmour, Rod (5 May 2023). "'Spectacular': GB Hockey star Zach Wallace signs for Dutch giants Bloemendaal". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  14. ^ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  15. ^ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Zach Wallace on Hockey India League's role in shaping India's hockey future". www.lokmattimes.com. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
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