Jimi Lewis
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| Born | 5 July 1974 (age 51) Lydney, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Lewis (born 5 July 1974) is an English former field hockey goalkeeper, who was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1]
Biography
[edit]Lewis played club hockey for Havant in the Men's England Hockey League and became an England U21 international.[2] He made his international debut in Malaysia in 1994, playing against South Africa but was second choice goalkeeper behind Simon Mason for many major tournaments.
After joining Cannock,[3] he represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[4][5]
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament.[6][1] After the Olympics he left Cannock to join Gross Flottbeker in Germany.
From 1 March 2016, Lewis coached the German DHB Hockey national team goalkeepers.[citation needed] Lewis often travelled to Spain, and coached hockey for Marshland High School in Norfolk, along with another former international, Paul Swinburn.[citation needed]
As of 2023, he was living in Germany.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Hockey England target". The Independent. 25 August 1992. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Champions' faith in their young talent". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 11 October 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Experienced hockey squad for Games". Bolton News. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Parnham in latest squad". Shropshire Star. 21 June 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "GB name hockey squad". BBC Sport. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Havant Hockey Club's nine Great Britain internationals honoured at special cap presentation ceremony". The Portsmouth News. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- "Jimi LEWIS". Athens 2004. Archived from the original on 30 November 2004.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jimi Lewis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
- Hockey: Jimi Lewis geht zum DHB Archived 6 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
External links
[edit]- Jimi Lewis at Team GB
- Jimi Lewis at Olympedia
- Jimi Lewis at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Jimi Lewis at InterSportStats
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- English men's field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- British men's field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Lydney
- Sportspeople from Gloucestershire
- Cannock Hockey Club players
- Havant Hockey Club players
- 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Men's field hockey goalkeepers
- 21st-century English sportsmen