James "Jimi" Lewis (born 5 July 1974 in Lydney, Gloucestershire) is an English

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, who was a member of the

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squad that finished ninth at the

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. He was second choice behind Simon Mason. Lewis, also nicknamed "Lewi", played club hockey for

Cannock Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the nearby towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolverh ...

and

Havant Havant ( ) is a town in the south-east corner of Hampshire, England between Portsmouth and Chichester. Its borough (population: 125,000) comprises the town (45,826) and its suburbs including the resort of Hayling Island as well as Rowland's Castl ...

and is currently with Gross Flottbeker in Germany. He made his international debut in

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in 1994, playing against

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. From 1. of March 2016 onwards, Jimi coaches the German DHB Hockey National Team Goalkeepers. Jimi often travels to Spain, and coaches hockey for Marshland High School in Norfolk along with another former international, Paul Swinburn.

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Hockey: Jimi Lewis geht zum DHB

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* 1974 births Living people English male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain British male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Lydney Sportspeople from Gloucestershire Cannock Hockey Club players Havant Hockey Club players 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub