Brett Spencer Garrard (born 21 August 1976) is a male
British
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former
field hockey
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player.
Family:
Wife: Isobel.Garrard
Children: Lysia.Garrard, Corben.Garrard and Nyla.Garrard
He is an Uncle to Mila.Koppenol and Van.Koppenol
Hockey career
Garrard competed in the
2000 Summer Olympics
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and in the
2004 Summer Olympics
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.
He represented
England
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and won a
bronze medal
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in the
men's hockey, at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
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in Kuala Lumpur. He also competed at both the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Still England and GB’s most capped player, Garrard announced his retirement from international hockey in April 2008. After a distinguished playing career with
Surbiton
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, interrupted by a year’s stay in the Netherlands with
Klein Zwitserland.
Coaching and management
Garrard became Surbiton Hockey Club’s Director of Hockey in 2008. Throughout his career and since he was a teenager, Garrard has run junior coaching camps at clubs, schools and universities throughout the UK, Europe and the US.
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1976 births
Living people
British male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain
Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2004 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
2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Surbiton Hockey Club players
HC Klein Zwitserland players
Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
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