John David Shaw (born 24 April 1962) is an English former

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player. Shaw represented

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in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He also won a silver medal with

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at the

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World Cup. He also won an Olympic gold medal in Seoul. Shaw was born in Taiping, Perak,

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. He is working as a Hockey Coach at

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, and also coaches at Gerrards Cross Hockey Club. He has previously worked as a coach for Southgate Hockey Club Men's 1st XI and for Oxford University Hockey Club.

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* * 1962 births Living people Malaysian people of Indian descent British male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain Southgate Hockey Club players {{UK-fieldhockey-bio-stub