Michael "Mikey" James Peter Hoare (born 14 November 1985) is an English 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 who plays as a defender for

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and

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. Hoare plays club hockey in the

Men's England Hockey League The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organized by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales. Format Regular season There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of twelve t ...

Premier Division for

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. He was educated at

Range High School Range High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Formby, Merseyside, England. It was built during the early 1970s after a contracted period of delays and was necessary due to the increasing overcrowding at near ...

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. Hoare made his international debut in 2012. He competed for England in the men's hockey tournament at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

where he won a bronze medal. He has also played club hockey for Beeston and Bowdon. Michael is a qualified PE teacher and hockey coach. He is currently the player assistant coach for Wimbledon, Director of Hockey Development at Amersham & Chalfont HC, Hockey professional at Harrow School. As well as the founder and Director of a new coaching company The Hockey Lab.

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1985 births Living people Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England English male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain British male field hockey players Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Wimbledon Hockey Club players Beeston Hockey Club players Men's England Hockey League players {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub