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Robert Clift

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Robert Clift
Personal information
Born (1962-08-01) 1 August 1962 (age 63)
Newport, Wales
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportField hockey
Positioninside left
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
1982–1984 Nottingham - -
1984–1987 Hounslow - -
1987–1988 Southgate - -
1988–1992 East Grinstead - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
– Great Britain -
– England -
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1988 SeoulTeam competition
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal – third place1984 KarachiTeam competition
Silver medal – second place1985 PerthTeam competition
Representing  England
World Cup
Silver medal – second place1986 LondonTeam competition
European Championship
Silver medal – second place1987 MoscowTeam

Robert John Clift (born 1 August 1962) is a British former field hockey player. He was a member of the Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where they won a gold medal.[1]

Biography

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Clift was born in Newport, Wales, and was educated at Bablake School and the University of Nottingham.[2]

His preferred position was inside left and in November 1982 he received his first England call up while studying at Nottingham and playing for Nottingham Hockey Club.[3]

Clift signed for Hounslow Hockey Club for the start of the 1984/85 season. While there he was part of the bronze medal-winning Great Britain team that competed at the 1984 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Karachi, Pakistan and the silver medal-winning team the following year in Perth, Australia.[4] He also won silver with the England squad at the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup in October.[5][6]

Clift moved to Southgate Hockey Club for the 1987/88 season and while at Southgate represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and winning a gold medal with the team.[2]

After the Olympics he joined East Grinstead and represented England at the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup[7] and captained the Great Britain team at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.[2][8]

After the Olympics, Clift joined Tunbridge Wells Hockey Club as their coach.[9]

References

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  1. ↑ "Olympic cloud". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 2 October 1988. Retrieved 19 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. 1 2 3 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "England call cheers Clift". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 20 November 1982. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Champions Trophy". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robert Clift". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Remembering the boys of 86". Sports Journalists' Association. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Hockey World Cup". Birmingham News. 3 November 1989. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Youth and experience in GB hockey squad". Dundee Courier. 6 May 1992. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "GB captain joins Wells". Kent & Sussex Courier. 14 August 1992. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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