Richard Ian M. Alexander (born 15 September 1981) is an English 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 ...

player who competed at the

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Biography

Alexander was born in

Homersfield Homersfield, also known as St Mary, South Elmham, is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is in the East Suffolk district, south-west of the market town of Bungay and north-east of Harleston. The offic ...

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, England and was educated at

Town Close School Town Close School, established in 1932 is a co-educational independent preparatory school located in Norwich, England. Set on a beautiful 15 acre woodland site, the pupils at Town Close benefit from unrivalled facilities. Subject specific space ...

. Alexander made his international senior debut for the national squad in January 2005 against South Africa. Alexander played club hockey for

Surbiton Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the Historic counties of England, historic county of ...

and while at the club represented

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

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 represented

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at the

in Beijing and England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Alexander was part of the silver medal winning England team that competed at the

2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy The 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 32nd edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held from July 31–August 8, 2010 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Teams Below is the teams released by the Internation ...

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, Germany. Alexander joined

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for the 2012/13 season and then moved on to Hampstead & Westminster for the 2014/15 season. For the 2020/21 season he played club hockey for Indian Gymkhana in the South Hockey League Premier Division 1. In 2010, he was the Director of Hockey at Old Merchant Taylors' HC. Alexander retired from international hockey with 130 England caps and 58 Great Britain caps.He is a teacher at

Nottingham High School Nottingham High School is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private fee-charging day school for boys and girls in Nottingham, England, with an infant and junior school (ages 4–11) and senior school (ages 11–18). There were 1177 stu ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander, Richard 1981 births Living people English male field hockey players Alumni of Loughborough University Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain People from Waveney District Loughborough Students field hockey players Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club players Wimbledon Hockey Club players Surbiton Hockey Club players Sportspeople from Norwich Commonwealth Games field hockey players for England English male indoor hockey players 2011 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players People educated at Town Close School 21st-century English sportsmen