Richard Mantell (born 17 August 1981) is an English
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 ...
defender. He is the older brother of
Simon Mantell
Simon Douglas Mantell (born 24 April 1984) is an English field hockey forward. He is the younger brother of Richard Mantell.
Mantell currently plays for Exeter University Hockey Club.
Mantell made his international senior debut for the nati ...
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Mantell made his international debut on 10 February 2003. He was a member of the England squad that competed at the
2006 and
2010 Hockey World Cup. He was also part of the winning squad at the
2009 EuroHockey Championship and came third in
2011, and also competed in the Champions Trophy in 2007, 2009 and 2011.
Mantell has also represented Great Britain at the
2008
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Summer Olympics and the
2010 Commonwealth Games.
Mantell was born in
Bridgwater, Somerset, and studied at the University of Bath. He is nicknamed ''Rick'' or ''Ricky'' or ''Tricky''. He has played club hockey for Reading Hockey Club, Reading.
References
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1981 births
Living people
English male field hockey players
Male field hockey defenders
People from Bridgwater
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
Reading Hockey Club players
Commonwealth Games competitors for England
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