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British field hockey player Not to be confused with Robert Clift Jr. (1824–1859), an American soldier and early settler in California.

Robert Clift

Personal information

Full name

Robert John Clift

Born

(1962-08-01) 1 August 1962 (age 62)
Newport, Wales

Medal record

Men's field hockey

Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	Team competition
Representing England
Hockey World Cup
	1986 London	Team competition

Robert John Clift (born 1 August 1962) is a former field hockey player.

He was a member of the Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where they won a gold medal. His preferred position was inside left. He also won silver with the England squad at the 1986 Hockey World Cup.

Clift was born in Newport, Wales, and was educated at Bablake School and the University of Nottingham. He has played club hockey for Nottingham Hockey Club, Southgate Hockey Club and East Grinstead Hockey Club.

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robert Clift". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
"Remembering the boys of 86". Sports Journalists' Association. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
"Hockey: Grinstead look west". The Independent. London. 20 March 1993. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
"Southgate Hockey Club – National Representation". Retrieved 18 November 2014.

External links

Robert Clift – 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

v t e Great Britain squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – 6th place
1 Rowlands 2 Luckes 3 Martin 4 Bolland 5 Nicklin 6 Potter 7 Laslett 8 Hill 9 Batchelor 10 Garcia 11 Shaw 12 Thompson 13 Kerly 14 Clift (c) 15 Lee 16 Williams Coach: Unknown

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