Liam Ansell

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Liam Ansell

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|11|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = High Wycombe, England

| height = 1.74 m

| weight = 80 kg

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Wimbledon

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Wycombe HC

| years1 = 2012-2013

| clubs1 = Richmond HC

| years3 = 2013–2015

| clubs3 = Sheffield Hallam

| years4 = 2015–2016

| clubs4 = Den Bosch

| years5 = 2016–2018

| clubs5 = Surbiton

| years6 = 2018–2020

| clubs6 = East Grinstead

| years7 = 2020–2023

| clubs7 = Wimbledon

| years8 = 2023–2024

| clubs8 = Amsterdam

| years9 = 2024–present

| clubs9 = Wimbledon

| nationalyears1 = 2017–present

| nationalteam1 = England & GB

| nationalcaps1 = 82

| nationalgoals1 = 29

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

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}}

Liam Paul Ansell (born 12 November 1993) is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward for Wimbledon and the England and Great Britain national teams.[https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/liam-ansell Athletes. Liam Ansell] teamengland.org He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Ansell played club hockey for (in order) Wycombe, Richmond, Sheffield Hallam, Dutch Club Den Bosch, Surbiton.{{Cite web|url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/international/senior-squad|title=Senior Squads | England Hockey|website=www.englandhockey.co.uk|accessdate=23 April 2024}}{{cite web |title=Engelsman Liam Ansell naar Den Bosch |url=http://www.hockeynation.nl/hoofdklasse_hockey/engelsman-liam-ansell-naar-den-bosch/ |website=hockeynation.nl |publisher=HockeyNation |accessdate=29 February 2020 |language=nl |date=7 July 2015}}

From 2018 to 2020 he played for East Grinstead and represented England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/news/mens-hockey-team-ready-for-gold-coast-challenge |title=Men’s hockey team ready for Gold Coast challenge |website=England Hockey |date=12 March 2018 |access-date=17 May 2025}}

Ansell joined Wimbledon in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division from 2020 and while at Wimbledon he was selected to represent Great Britain squad for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/12334725/team-gb-hockey-21-players-to-make-olympic-debuts-as-mens-and-womens-squads-are-named|title=Team GB hockey: 21 players to make Olympic debuts as men's and women's squads are named |website=Sky Sports|date=17 June 2021 |access-date=16 May 2025}} He also went to his second Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62463163 |title=Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa |website=BBC Sport|access-date=11 May 2025}}

For the 2022–23 season he transferred to Amsterdam{{Cite web|url=https://www.ahbc.nl/site/default.asp?Option=51&Nieuws=10903|title=Transfer H1: Liam Ansell|accessdate=23 April 2024}} but after one season he returned to Wimbledon for the 2024–-25 season.{{cite web |last1=Duncan |first1=Nigel |title=Wimbledon tough test for Western in Europe |url=https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2024/10/wimbledon-tough-test-for-western-in-europe/ |website=theedinburghreporter.co.uk |publisher=The Edinburgh Reporter |access-date=5 October 2024 |date=4 October 2024}}