Richard Bryce Mantell (born 17 August 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 ...

defender who competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

. He is the older brother of Simon Mantell.

Biography

Mantell was born in

Bridgwater Bridgwater is a historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. The town had a population of 41,276 at the 2021 census. Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level and well-wooded country. The town lies along both sid ...

Somerset Somerset ( , ), Archaism, archaically Somersetshire ( , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east ...

, and studied at the

University of Bath The University of Bath is a public research university in Bath, England. Bath received its royal charter in 1966 as Bath University of Technology, along with a number of other institutions following the Robbins Report. Like the University ...

. He is nicknamed ''Rick'' or ''Ricky'' or ''Tricky''. He has played club hockey for

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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 ...

from 2003 to 2018. Mantell made his international debut on 10 February 2003 and was a member of the England squad that competed at the

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

After competing in the

2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy The 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 29th men's field hockey tournament for the Hockey Champions Trophy. It was held from November 29 to December 9, 2007, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, having moved away from Lahore, Pakistan. Teams The t ...

, he represented

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at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, competing in the men's tournament. Mantell then competed in the

2009 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 31st edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 28 November to 6 December 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. Teams The International Hockey Federation announce ...

and was also part of the winning squad at the

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

EuroHockey Championship. he played in the 2010 Hockey World Cup and represented England at 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. Mantell retired in 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mantell, Richard 1981 births Living people Alumni of the University of Bath English male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Sportspeople from Bridgwater 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 British male field hockey players Reading Hockey Club players Commonwealth Games field hockey players for England English male indoor hockey players 2011 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players 21st-century English sportsmen