Ashley Steven Jackson (born 27 August 1987) is an English

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player who plays club hockey as a defender or midfielder for Old Georgians'. He represented the

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and

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national teams from 2006 until 2021. In December 2014 Jackson began playing ice hockey for

Invicta Dynamos Invicta Dynamos are the senior, semi-professional, ice hockey team based in Gillingham in Kent. The season runs from September to April. They usually play their home games on a Sunday at 17:15. They share their home with the Invicta Mustangs w ...

, scoring a goal on his debut against London Raiders. In June 2017, together with his brother, Wesley Jackson, he founded Jackson coaching.

Club career

Jackson plays club hockey in the

Men's England Hockey League The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organized by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales. Format Regular season There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of twelve t ...

Premier Division for Old Georgians', whom he joined in 2019. He has also played for

East Grinstead East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the extreme northeast of the county, the civ ...

, Holcombe and two spells for

HGC HGC can stand for: * Human Genetics Commission *Hercules Graphics Card * H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie, a Dutch field hockey club * HGC Global Communications, an internet service provider in Hong Kong * HGC (field hockey) H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie, ...

in the Dutch League, as well as for

Ranchi Rhinos Ranchi Rhinos (abbreviated as RR) was a field hockey team based in Ranchi, Jharkhand that played in the Hockey India League. The team won the inaugural season of Hockey India League defeating Delhi Waveriders by 2-1. It is owned by Patel-Uniexc ...

in the

Hockey India League Hockey India League (HIL), known as the Coal India Hockey India League is a professional field hockey league in India. The league is organized by Hockey India, the governing body for the sport in India. HIL, along with the Indian Premier League, ...

. He first started playing hockey for Tunbridge Wells Hockey Club whilst a schoolboy at

Sutton Valence Sutton Valence (in the past also called Sudtone, Town Sutton and Sutton Hastings, see below) is a village about five miles (8 km) SE of Maidstone, Kent, England on the A274 road going south to Headcorn and Tenterden. It is on the Greensand ...

, Kent.

International career

Jackson made his full international debut for

2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy The 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 29th men's field hockey tournament for the Hockey Champions Trophy. It was held from November 29 to December 9, 2007, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, having moved away from Lahore, Pakistan. Teams The t ...

and for

2009 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy The 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 31st edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 28 November to 6 December 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. Teams The International Hockey Federation announc ...

. He went on to win gold in the 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship where he also won the Player of the Tournament. He was named FIH Young Player of the year 2009 and is the first English player to receive this accolade. He competed in the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, finishing 4th at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London and competed in his third at the Rio

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. Jackson also played in the England squad that won Bronze at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

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* * * Living people 1987 births Sportspeople from Chatham, Kent English male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain British male field hockey players People educated at Sutton Valence School Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Hockey India League players Holcombe Hockey Club players HGC players East Grinstead Hockey Club players Men's England Hockey League players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub