Russell Garcia (field hockey)
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| Born |
20 June 1970 (age 54) Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1993 | Havant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Barcelona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | HDM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Harvestehuder THC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–2000 | England & Great Britain | 307 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Russell Simon Garcia (born 20 June 1970) is an English field hockey coach and a former England & GB field hockey player. He won a gold medal with Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul at the age of 18 years 3 months, making him Britain's youngest ever Olympic champion. Garcia also competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics.