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Ashley Jackson (field hockey)

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Ashley Jackson
Great Britain v Australia 13 June 2015
Personal information
Born (1987-08-27) 27 August 1987 (age 37)
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Spouse Ella Sims[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career
Years Team
2003–2008 East Grinstead
2008–2010 HGC
2010–2015 East Grinstead
2015–2016 Holcombe
2015–2017 Ranchi Rays
2016–2018 East Grinstead
2018–2019 HGC
2019–2025 Old Georgians
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2006–2021 England & GB 250 (137)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  England
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2010 Mönchengladbach Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Amsterdam Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Mönchengladbach Team
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Team
World League
Bronze medal – third place 2014 New Delhi Team

Ashley Steven Jackson (born 27 August 1987) is an English field hockey player who plays club hockey as a defender or midfielder for Old Georgians'.

He represented the England and Great Britain national teams from 2006 until 2021[2][3][4] and appeared at three Olympic Games.

Biography

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Jackson first started playing hockey for Tunbridge Wells Hockey Club whilst a schoolboy at Sutton Valence, Kent.[5][6]

He played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for East Grinstead from 2003 to 2008 and while there, Jackson made his full international debut for Great Britain in 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy. Jackson then competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.[7]

During his first spell for HGC in the Dutch League, he made his debut for England in 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and went on to win gold in the 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, where he also won the Player of the Tournament.[8][9] He was named FIH Young Player of the year 2009 and is the first English player to receive this accolade.[10] Jackson also played in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi[11] and was part of the silver medal winning England team that competed at the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach, Germany.[12]

He returned to East Grinstead and in 2012, went to his second Olympics, finishing 4th at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[13] Jackson also played in the England squad that won bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[14]

In December 2014 Jackson began playing ice hockey for Invicta Dynamos, scoring a goal on his debut against London Raiders.[15]

Jackson played for Holcombe from 2015 to 2016 and Ranchi Rays in the Hockey India League. He competed in his third Olympics at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics[7][16] before re-joining East Grinstead.

For the 2019/20 season, Jackson joined Old Georgians,[17] where he later experienced significant success helping the team win two league and cup doubles during the 2021-22 season and 2022-23 seasons and the league title during the 2023-24 season.[18][19]

References

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  1. ^ Hockey Paper (10 December 2020). "Ice cool Ashley Jackson has 'nothing to prove' in bid for Olympic hockey glory".
  2. ^ "Ashley Jackson Stepping Away from International Hockey". 23 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Ashley Jackson". Archived from the original on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Senior Squads | Player profile". England Hockey.
  5. ^ "East Grinstead's Ashley Jackson, the one-club striker overcoming pain to map England's golden path". The Daily Telegraph. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  6. ^ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  8. ^ "International Hockey Federation".
  9. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ashley Jackson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Ashley Jackson Profile". glasgow2014.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  11. ^ "Mantells go back to India with England". Berkshire Live. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  12. ^ "England suffer heavy defeat in first Champions Trophy final". The Guardian. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  13. ^ "London 2012: GB confirms its men's hockey squad". GBR Athletics. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  14. ^ "England's men's hockey team win bronze in Glasgow after penalty shoot-out win over New Zealand". The Daily Telegraph. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  15. ^ "InvictaDynamos | 51. Ashley Jackson". 4 November 2023.
  16. ^ "Team GB name hockey squads for summer Olympics in Rio". Sky Sports. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  17. ^ "Hockey transfers 2019/20: Latests ins and outs in English Premier Divisions". The Hockey Paper. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  18. ^ "Old Georgians crowned champs as Surbiton and Wimbledon win EHL spots". EHL. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  19. ^ "Ashley Jackson joins Old Georgians in surprise hockey transfer". 5 November 2018.
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