Brett Garrard
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| Born |
21 August 1976 (age 48) Brentford, Greater London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| –1997 | Surbiton | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Guildford | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Teddington | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2006 | Surbiton | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | |||||||||||||||
| 1997–2008 | GB | 70 | |||||||||||||||
| 1997–2008 | England | 193 | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brett Spencer Garrard (born 21 August 1976) is a British former field hockey player. Garrard competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Garrard played club hockey for Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League before joining Guildford for one season and Teddington for two seasons.[2]
Garrard made his England debut on 16 March 1997 against Pakistan[3] and represented England and won a bronze medal in the men's hockey, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[4][5]
Garrad returned to Surbiton for the 1999/2000 season[2] and during his second spell at Surbiton he made his first Olympic appearance representing Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.[6]
He then competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games,[7][8][9] and at 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he captained the Great Britain team.[10][11]
Garrard represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where he was again captain of the team.[12][13]
Garrad retired from international hockey in 2008[3] and later as a coach won eight consecutive Premier League titles with Surbiton Ladies 1st Team.
Garrard joined Epsom College as the director of hockey in September 2023.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brett Garrard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Four sign for Surbiton". Kingston Informer. 13 August 1999. Retrieved 30 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Garrard and Grant quit GB hockey". BBC Sport. 14 April 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "Hockey: Great Britain's Olympic squad". The Scotsman. 20 July 2000. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Experienced hockey squad for Games". Bolton News. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Parnham in latest squad". Shropshire Star. 21 June 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "GB name hockey squad". BBC Sport. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "Surbiton seven in medals quest". Surrey Comet. 16 March 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "Melbourne 2006 Team". Team England. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "Brett Garrard". Team GB. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Brett Garrard at Olympics.com
- Brett Garrard at Team GB
- Brett Garrard at Olympedia
- Brett Garrard at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Brett Garrard at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- British male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Surbiton Hockey Club players
- HC Klein Zwitserland players
- English expatriate field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games