Jason Laslett (born 1 July 1969) is a former international

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. Laslett was born in

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. He was educated at

Millfield School Millfield is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) located in Street, Somerset, England. It was founded in 1935. Millfield is a registered charity and is the largest co-educational boarding scho ...

. He played hockey for

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and Great Britain over 170 times and captained

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at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. He played most of his club career for

Teddington Hockey Club Teddington Hockey Club is a field hockey club based at Teddington School, Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The club is one of the oldest in the world after being formed in 1871; the club advertise that they are the olde ...

, with whom he won the

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in 1995 and the Hockey Association Cup twice in 1994 and 1996. Laslett won the Hockey Writers UK Player of the Year Award in 1991 and the National League Player of the Year Award for the 1990–91 season.

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* Living people English male field hockey players Sportspeople from Canterbury People educated at Millfield 1969 births Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Teddington Hockey Club players Men's England Hockey League players {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub