Jon Wyatt

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Jon Wyatt

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|12 February 1973}}

| birth_place = Southampton, England

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| height = 195 cm

| weight = 83 kg

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| years1 = 1991–2005

| clubs1 = Reading

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| nationalyears1 = 1995–2005

| nationalteam1 = GB

| nationalcaps(goals)1 = 77

| nationalyears2 = 1995–2005

| nationalteam2 = England

| nationalcaps(goals)2 = 195

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Jonathan Francis Wyatt (born 12 February 1973) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wy/jon-wyatt-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025455/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wy/jon-wyatt-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=26 May 2012}}

Biography

Wyatt was educated at Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe and played club hockey for Reading in the Men's England Hockey League and it was while at Reading that he made his major tournament appearances.

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he represented Great Britain.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18889 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=25 May 2025}} He won a bronze medal representing England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002472/19980805/256/0034 |title=Three more for England |work=Reading Evening Post |date=5 August 1998 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 June 2025}} and participated in the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002472/19980402/482/0059 |title=Holden's team can't stop Rott |work=Reading Evening Post |date=2 April 1998 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 June 2025}}

A second Olympic appearance ensued at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where he captained the team{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20000720/476/0030 |title=Hockey: Great Britain's Olympic squad |work=The Scotsman |date=20 July 2000 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=29 May 2025}} before he represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.{{cite web|url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/5953920.experienced-hockey-squad-for-games/ |title=Experienced hockey squad for Games |website=Bolton News |date=8 August 2002 |access-date=26 May 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005569/20020621/01134/0072 |title=Parnham in latest squad |work=Shropshire Star |date=21 June 2002 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=26 May 2025}}

In 2018, Wyatt was appointed as Sport and Development Director for the International Hockey Federation (FIH).{{cite web|url=https://wycombiensian.rgshw.com/news/sporting-success/16/16-FIH-appoints-OW-Jon-Wyatt-as-Sport-and-Development-Director |title=FIH appoints OW Jon Wyatt as Sport and Development Director |website=RGSHW|date=29 January 2018 |access-date=26 May 2025}}