Benjamin John "Ben" Sharpe (born 31 July 1973) is a British former
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 ...
player who competed in the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
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He represented
England
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and won a
bronze medal, at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''( Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unpreceden ...
in
Kuala Lumpur
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1973 births
Living people
British male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players
2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
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