Daniel James Hall (born 30 November 1974) is a former
field hockey
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forward from England, who participated in three
Summer Olympics
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in 1996, 2000 and 2004.
Biography
Hall played club hockey for
Guildford
Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, England, around south-west of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The nam ...
in the
Men's England Hockey League
The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales.
Format Regular season
There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of ...
and was capped by the England U21 in 1995.
Hall went to three Olympic Games, the first representing
Great Britain
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at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta
and the second was representing
Great Britain
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at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
[ Still at Guildford and the captain of his club, Hall represented ]England
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at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
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in Manchester and participated in his third Olympics at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.[
He later played for ]East Grinstead
East Grinstead () is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the northeast corner of the county, bord ...
and Holcombe.
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1974 births
Living people
English male field hockey players
Male field hockey forwards
Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
British male field hockey players
Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Guildford Hockey Club players
East Grinstead Hockey Club players
Holcombe Hockey Club players
Sportspeople from Chertsey