Jack Waller (field hockey)

Jack Laurence Waller (born 28 January 1997) is an English field hockey player, who plays as a defender or midfielder for Dutch Hoofdklasse Club Pinoké and the England and Great Britain national teams.^[2] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Jack Waller

Personal information
Born	(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 28) Kingston upon Thames, England
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position	Defender
Senior career
Years	Team
2014–2015	Wimbledon
2015–2018	Durham University
2018–2021	Wimbledon
2021–2022	Gantoise
2022–2024	Wimbledon
2024–present	Pinoké
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2015–2017	England & GB U21	32	(3)
2018–present	England & GB	126	(8)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  England EuroHockey Championship 2023 Mönchengladbach Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team

Biography

Waller was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, London.^[3] He completed his higher education at Durham University.^[4]

Waller played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Wimbledon and then Durham University.^[5] While at Durham he made his senior international debuts in October 2018, for Great Britain v Belgium on 2 October 2018 and for England v France on 16 October 2018.

On 27 April 2021 it was announced that Waller had signed for Belgian club Gantoise for the 2021–22 season.^[6] Later that year he was selected to represent Great Britain in the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.^[7]

He won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.^[8]

After one season in Belgium he returned to Wimbledon for the 2022-2023 season. He won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach.^[9]

In 2024 he moved to the Netherlands to play for Pinoké.^[10]

He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[11] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.^[12]