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Luke Taylor
English field hockey player
Luke Taylor (born 15 September 1994) is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender for Surbiton and the England and Great Britain national teams.
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| Born | (1994-09-15) 15 September 1994 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Surbiton | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| Loughborough Students | |||||||||||||||||
| East Grinstead | |||||||||||||||||
| Surbiton | |||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | England & GB U21 | 31 | (30) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | England and GB | 38 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 10 June 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
He was educated at Whitgift School.[2]
Taylor plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton.[3]
He has also played club hockey for Loughborough Students and East Grinstead.[4]
He made his senior debut for England in August 2017 against the Netherlands, in Spain. He played for England U21 at the Junior World Cup in 2013 and won a European Championships U21 bronze medal in 2014. He captained GB U21s to success in the Sultan of Johor Cup, in October 2015, finishing as the competition’s top-scorer.
- "TAYLOR Luke". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- "Whitgift School News: Four OWs selected for U21 international hockey tournament". www.whitgift.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018.
- "Search results for "luke taylor"". Surbiton Hockey Club. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- "Luke Taylor". England Hockey. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- Profile on England Hockey
- Profile on Great Britain Hockey
- Luke Taylor at the International Hockey Federation
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