Jason George Laslett (born 1 July 1969) is a former international

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 ...

player who competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

and the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Biography

Laslett was born in

Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974. It lies on the River Stour, Kent, River Stour. The city has a mild oceanic climat ...

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

. He was educated at

Millfield School Millfield is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18) located in Street, Somerset, England. It was founded in 1935. Millfield is a registered charity and is the largest co-educational boarding s ...

. He made his England U18 debut in April 1986, while at Millfield and

Canterbury Hockey Club Canterbury Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974. It lies on ...

. He left Canterbury to play club hockey for Teddington Hockey Club 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 ...

for the 1988/89 season. He would go on to win the league title in 1995 and the Hockey Association Cup twice in 1994 and 1996. He made his Great Britain debut during the June 1990 BMW Trophy tournament in Amsterdam. Laslett won the Hockey Writers UK Player of the Year Award in 1991 and the National League Player of the Year Award for the 1990–91 season. Still at Teddington, he represented

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at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, participated in the

1994 Men's Hockey World Cup The 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup was the eighth edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held from 23 November to 4 December 1994 in Sydney, Australia ...

and represented

at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, where in the latter he captained the team. In 2006, he unveiled the new Teddington HC clubhouse along with former teammate Jon Potter.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Laslett, Jason Living people English male field hockey players Sportspeople from Canterbury People educated at Millfield 1969 births 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 Teddington Hockey Club players Men's England Hockey League players 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup players