Benjamin Robert Hawes (born 28 July 1980) is a former English

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player, a 3x Olympian who played for the

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national team in midfield or as a halfback. Hawes competed for

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at numerous tournaments, and has represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2004, 2008 (as captain) and 2012 Summer Olympics. He had 132 caps representing England and 99 caps representing Great Britain (231 International Caps) before he announced his retirement from international hockey in 2013. He currently is the coach of the Wimbledon's men's team, having previously played for them,

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. He was named Chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA) Athletes' Commission in 2015, representing British Olympic Athletes on the BOA Board, after serving on the commission for 4 years. Hawes was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to sport.

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Team GB profile: Nem Hawes
at Telegraph.co.uk
EHL Statistics
at FixturesLive.com
1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Brighton English male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain British male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Male field hockey defenders English field hockey coaches Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Surbiton Hockey Club players Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club players Wimbledon Hockey Club players Commonwealth Games competitors for England Members of the Order of the British Empire {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub