Richard Ian M. Alexander (born 15 September 1981 in Homersfield,

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), nicknamed "Ratman", is an English field hockey player. Alexander made his international senior debut for the national squad in January 2005 against South Africa. He has represented Great Britain at the

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in Beijing, and England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He has 130 England caps and 58 Great Britain caps. He plays club hockey for Indian Gymkhana in the South Hockey League Premier Division 1. He has also played for

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, Hampstead & Westminster,

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and Loughborough. Alexander was educated at

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.Norwich’s newest hockey facilities are fit for Olympian Richard Alexander
/ref> He now teaches in at a school named Nottingham High School in Nottingham.

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* * * 1981 births Living people English male field hockey players Alumni of Loughborough University Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain British male field hockey players People from Waveney District Loughborough Students field hockey players Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club players Wimbledon Hockey Club players Surbiton Hockey Club players Sportspeople from Norwich Commonwealth Games competitors for England {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub