David Luckes
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| Full name | David James Luckes | ||||||||||||||||
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24 April 1969 (age 55) Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
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David James Luckes MBE (born 24 April 1969 in Newport, Monmouthshire) is a male former field hockey goalkeeper.
His children are George Luckes(11) Lily Luckes(19)and William Luckes(3)
Hockey career
[edit]Luckes participated in three Summer Olympics for Great Britain: 1992, 1996 and 2000. He earned 125 caps for England and GB between 1989 and 2000. He represented England and won a bronze medal in the men's hockey, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[1] Luckes played club hockey for Surbiton and East Grinstead.
Management
[edit]He also wrote the initial feasibility study for the UK 2012 Olympic bid and was in charge of Sport Competition for London Organising Committee. Formerly Director of Sport for International Hockey Federation in Switzerland, he is now associate director for Summer Olympic Sports and IF Relations at the International Olympic Committee. Luckes was raised in Bridgwater, Somerset.
References
[edit]- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
External links
[edit]- David Luckes at Olympics.com
- David Luckes at Olympedia
- David Luckes at Team GB
- David Luckes at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bridgwater
- Sportspeople from Newport, Wales
- English male field hockey players
- Male field hockey goalkeepers
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- British male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- People educated at Millfield Preparatory School
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Surbiton Hockey Club players
- East Grinstead Hockey Club players
- Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- People educated at Millfield
- English field hockey biography stubs