Stephen Dick (born 21 June 1985 in

Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy ( ; sco, Kirkcaldy; gd, Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, ...

) is a Scottish

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 forward. He is 6'1". Competing for

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

and

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

at numerous tournaments, he is representing Great Britain in

Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held over a fourteen-day period beginning on 10 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 22 and 23 August. All games were played at the hockey field constructed on the Olympic Green ...

. He has 68 caps representing Scotland and 24 caps representing Great Britain as of 11 August 2008. He attended

Balwearie High School Balwearie High School is a non-denominational comprehensive secondary school at the west end of Kirkcaldy in Scotland. Balwearie serves around 1500 pupils aged from 11 to 18 and includes a Department of Additional Support (DAS for short) for ch ...

. He was a player for Edinburgh University Men's Hockey Club during his time as a student at

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

. He was awarded the EUSU Vancouver Quaich for best athletic performance by a male student for the 2008/09 season, and the Scottish Universities Sport's Athlete of the Year award in 2009. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players to grace the fields of Peffermill as 'a true Gambler of Edinburgh University Hockey'.

References

Profile at www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk

External links

* 1985 births Living people Scottish male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain British male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics People educated at Balwearie High School Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland {{Scotland-fieldhockey-bio-stub