Luke Hawker
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| Born | 29 January 1989 Yeovil, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luke William Hawker (born 29 December 1989) is a Welsh field hockey player who has represented Wales. He competed for Wales and was co-captain of the hockey team at two Commonwealth Games.[1]
Biography
[edit]Hawker played club hockey for Yeovil & Sherborne Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League before joining Cardiff & Met in 2009. He made his Welsh debut against Poland in 2012.[2]
In 2018 he was selected to represent the Welsh team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.[3] Four years later, Hawker was selected to represent Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham,[4][5] helping his nation to a sixth-place finish during the men's tournament after being defeated by New Zealand in the fifth place play off match on 7 August 2022.[6]
He was part of the Welsh team at the 2023 World Cup, which was the first time in their history that Wales had appeared in the world Cup.[7] Additionally he was part of the Welsh team that played at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship.[8]
In February 2024, he announced his retirement from international hockey.[9]
He works at the Cardiff School of Sport, where he is a senior lecturer at Sport Coaching.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Hawker Luke Wales hockey player". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ↑ "Luke Hawker". International Hockey Wales. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2018: Meet Team Wales heading to Australia's Gold Coast". BBC Sport. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ↑ "Hockey Wales 2022 Commonwealth Games squads". South West Sports News. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ↑ "Hockey Commonwealth Games 2022: Wales select 'incredibly competitive' squads". The Hockey Paper. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Hockey - Men results". BBC Sport. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ↑ "2023 World Cup in India highlights Wales' international student offer3 Eurohockey Championships". Study in Wales.ac.uk. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ↑ "Wales Men Win Euro Qualifiers To Secure Sport At 2023 Eurohockey Championships". Hockey Wales. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ↑ "Wales captain Luke Hawker retires from international hockey". BBC Sport. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ↑ "Luke Hawker". Cardiff Met. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
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