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Graham Moodie

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Graham Moodie
Personal information
Born (1981-01-15) 15 January 1981 (age 44)
Balerno, Scotland
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing position midfielder
Senior career
Years Team
2004 Western Wildcats
2006 Inverleith
2010 Edinburgh University
National team
Years Team Caps
2003–2008 GB 56
Scotland 148

Graham Thomas Moodie (born 15 January 1981) is a Scottish former field hockey player, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

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Moodie born in Balerno, Scotland played as a midfielder and started playing hockey at primary school at eleven years old. His brothers Alan and Ian also competed for East of Scotland up to U18 and U15 respectively.

Moodie made his Great Britain debut on 1 July 2003.[2] While at Western Wildcats he represented Great Britain at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.[3][4]

In 2006, as an Inverleith player, he was part of the Scotland Commonwealth Games team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[5]

In 2010, Moodie was playing for Edinburgh University when he was selected for Scotland during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[6]

At retirement Moodie had amassed 56 Great Britain senior caps and 148 Scotland Senior caps representing Scotland.[2] Moodie also played club hockey for Inverleith, MIM, Western Territory Stingers, Cannock and for Stirling University in BUSA (British University Championships).

He became player coach of the University of Edinburgh from 2009 to 2014, before becoming Head of Performance Men's Hockey until 2021.[citation needed] and since 2012 Graham has been the Head coach of the Scotland U21 Men's programme and an assistant coach for Scotland Senior Men. He is also an assistant coach on the Men's Great Britain Elite Development programme and a partner in Complete Hockey Coaching.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Graham Moodie". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b "GB caps". Scottish Hockey. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  4. ^ "GB name hockey squad". BBC Sport. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Scotland Commonwealth Games squad". BBC Sport. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  6. ^ "HOCKEY: Kelburne stars dominate Commonwealth Games selection squad". Daily Record. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
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