David James Luckes (born 24 April 1969) 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, who competed at three Olympic Games.

Biography

Luckes born in Newport and raised in

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, Somerset, was educated at Millfield and studied at Sussex University. He played club hockey for

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in the

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from 1987, replacing Ian Taylor as the club's goalkeeper and was soon capped for the England U21 team. He made his England debut in 1989 and Great Britain debut during the June 1990 BMW Trophy tournament in Amsterdam. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, he represented

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at his first and second Olympics. He also played in the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup and represented

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and won a bronze medal in the men's hockey, at the

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in Kuala Lumpur and participated in the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup. After 12 years at East Grinstead he left to join

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for the 1999/2000 season and it was at Surbtion that he made his final Olympic appearances in 2000. He earned 125 caps for England and GB between 1989 and 2000. Towards the end of his career, he also played cricket to a high level. He wrote the initial feasibility study for the UK 2012 Olympic bid and was in charge of Sport Competition for London Organising Committee. Formerly Director of Sport for International Hockey Federation in Switzerland, he is now associate director for Summer Olympic Sports and IF Relations at the International Olympic Committee.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Luckes, David 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Bridgwater Sportspeople from Newport, Wales English male field hockey players Male field hockey goalkeepers Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Members of the Order of the British Empire Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey People educated at Millfield Preparatory School Surbiton Hockey Club players East Grinstead Hockey Club players Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games People educated at Millfield