Will Calnan

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Will Calnan

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|4|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = London, England

| position = Forward

| currentclub = HDM

| years1 = 2013–2016

| clubs1 = Surbiton

| years2 = 2016–2023

| clubs2 = Hampstead & Westminster

| years3 = 2023–2024

| clubs3 = Southgate

| years4 = 2024–present

| clubs4 = HDM

| nationalyears1 = 2015–2017

| nationalteam1 = England & GB U21

| nationalcaps1 = 26

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| nationalyears2 = 2018–present

| nationalteam2 = England & GB

| nationalcaps2 = 99

| nationalgoals2 = 19

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William James Cameron Calnan (born 17 April 1996) is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club HDM and the England and Great Britain national teams.{{Cite web |url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=12602&itemTitle=Will+Calnan§ion=44 |title=Senior Squads | England Hockey}} He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Calnan, born in London, went to school at St Andrew's School in Woking and Cranleigh School, Surrey{{Cite web |url=https://www.cranleigh.org/uncategorised/2012/12/england-calls/ |title=England Calls |date=2012-12-11 |website=Cranleigh School |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-11-06}} and studied at Kingston University, where he graduated with a degree in business management.

Calnan played club hockey for Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division from 2013 to 2016 and Hampstead & Westminster from 2016 to 2023. While at Hampstead & Westminster he made his senior Great Britain national team debut against Belgium, on 14 June 2018. He won 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}}

Calnan transferred to Southgate Hockey Club for the 2023–24 season and on 18 June 2024, he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/hockey/articles/ce99edrn13wo |website=bbc.com |publisher=BBC |access-date=22 June 2024 |date=18 June 2024}} The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy799nlnp8lo|title=GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=9 August 2024}}

In 2024 he left England to play for HDM in the Dutch Hoofdklasse.{{cite web |title=Will Calnan speelt komend seizoen bij HDM heren 1 |url=https://070online.nl/2024/06/21/will-calnan-speelt-komend-seizoen-bij-hdm-heren-1/ |website=070online.nl |access-date=22 June 2024 |language=nl |date=21 June 2024}}

References

External links

{{International Hockey Federation|name=Will Calnan}}
{{European Hockey Federation|12123|Will Calnan}}
[https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/international/senior-squad/will-calnan Will Calnan] on England Hockey
{{Team GB|name=Will Calnan}}
{{Team England|will-calnan|Will Calnan}}
{{Olympics.com profile|william-calnan|William Calnan}}
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/william-calnan_1898982 William Calnan}] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
{{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56193|William Calnan}}
{{Instagram|wjcc66|William Calnan}}

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Category:1996 births

Category:Living people

Category:Alumni of Kingston University

Category:English male field hockey players

Category:British male field hockey players

Category:Male field hockey forwards