Hugo Inglis (born 18 January 1991) is a New Zealand
field hockey
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player who plays as a forward for the
New Zealand national team.
He played for the Southern Dogs in the New Zealand Hockey League and he played in Europe for
SCHC, Braxgata and currently Rotterdam. He also represented the
Uttar Pradesh Wizards
The Uttar Pradesh Wizards (abbreviated as UPW) are a field hockey team based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh that plays in the Hockey India League. It is owned by Sahara India Pariwar. Former Dutch coach Roelant Oltmans serves as coach for the team an ...
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, ...
.
Club career
Inglis started playing hockey when he was five and he joined his local hockey club the Southern Dogs. In 2012 he signed a two-year contract at
SCHC in the Netherlands. Due to his commitments to the national team, he would miss the preparation for the second half of the season so in January 2013 his contract at SCHC was annulled and he returned to New Zealand. In 2014 he joined
Rotterdam
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where he played for one season. He returned to Europe in 2016 to play for
Braxgata in Belgium. After three seasons with Braxgata, he returned to Rotterdam.
International career
Inglis made his international team debut in 2009.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the
national team
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The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
in the
men's tournament. At the
2014 Commonwealth Games, he was one of the New Zealand players who scored in the penalty shoot-out to decide the bronze medal, but New Zealand still lost the match to England. He is one of three players from
Dunedin
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to attend the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
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, where the
men's team came seventh.
In 2018, Inglis was part of the New Zealand team who won silver at the
Commonwealth Games
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.
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1991 births
Living people
New Zealand male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand
Male field hockey forwards
Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Sportspeople from Dunedin
Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Uttar Pradesh Wizards players
Hockey India League players
SCHC players
HC Rotterdam players
Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
Men's Belgian Hockey League players
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games