Alistair McGregor (born 11 June 1981) is a male former

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

goalkeeper from Scotland who competed at the

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Biography

McGregor earned his first cap for

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in 2001. McGregor was named joint Outstanding UK Player at the 2005 European Championships. McGregor was part of the Scotland Commonwealth Games team at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an International sport, international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Melbourne ...

in Melbourne and made his

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debut on 23 October 2007. McGregor played club hockey for Loughborough Students in the

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. While at Loughborough, McGregor represented

at the 2008 Olympic Games in

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and was named the Great Britain Hockey athlete of the year. He also played for Scotland during the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 201 ...

in Delhi.

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* 1981 births Living people Scottish male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British male field hockey players Sportspeople from Aberdeen Loughborough Students field hockey players Commonwealth Games field hockey players for Scotland 21st-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-fieldhockey-bio-stub