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David Faulkner

Personal information
Full name	David Andrew Vincent Faulkner
Born	(1962-09-10) 10 September 1962 (age 62) Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team competition Representing  England Hockey World Cup 1986 London Team competition

David Andrew Vincent Faulkner MBE (born 10 September 1962) is an English former field hockey player and current head of women's performance at The FA.

He was part of the Great Britain squad that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He also won silver with the England squad at the 1986 Hockey World Cup.

Faulkner was born in Portsmouth, England. He was the sport's performance director, working with England Hockey and Great Britain Hockey. He has played club hockey for Havant Hockey Club. His sons, Simon and Daniel, have both represented Great Britain and England at junior level and play club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League.

Faulkner joined The FA in April 2017 as head of women's performance having previously held the position of director of sport at Millfield School

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to sport.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Faulkner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
2. "Remembering the boys of 86 - Sports Journalists' Association". 17 October 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
3. "Havant Hockey Club". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
4. "FA MAKES FOUR KEY WOMEN'S FOOTBALL APPOINTMENTS". TheFA.com. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
5. "No. 63377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B18.

External links

• David Faulkner at Olympics.com
• David Faulkner at Olympedia
• David Faulkner at Team GB
• David Faulkner at Olympics.com

David Faulkner – International Tournaments

v t e England squad – 1986 World Cup – Runners–up 1 Taylor 2 Bolland 3 Barber 4 Dodds (c) 5 Potter 6 Faulkner 7 Batchelor 8 Hurst 9 Bhaura 10 Grimley 11 Clift 12 Shaw 13 Kerly 14 Hughes 15 Sherwani 16 Leman Coach: Whitaker v t e Great Britain squad – 1988 Summer Olympics – Gold medal (2nd Title) 1 Taylor 2 Pappin 3 Faulkner 4 Barber 5 Martin 6 Potter 7 Dodds (c) 8 Grimley 9 Batchelor 10 Leman 11 Kirkwood 12 Bhaura 13 Kerly 14 Clift 15 Sherwani 16 Garcia Coach: Whitaker v t e England squad – 1990 World Cup – 5th place 1 Taylor 2 Rowlands 3 Bolland 4 Faulkner 5 Halls 6 Potter 7 Hill 8 Grimley 9 Batchelor 10 Leman (c) 11 Mayer 12 Garcia 13 Kerly 14 Clift 15 Thompson 16 Singh Coach: Hurst

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