Ben Sharpe


Benjamin John Sharpe is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Sharpe was educated at Repton School and was called up to the England U17 squad in 1990.
Sharpe played club hockey for Cannock in the Men's England Hockey League and worked his way through to the Cannock first team after starting with the Cannock 5ths. While at Cannock he represented England and won a bronze medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and participated in the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup.
Still at Cannock, he represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
At international retirement he had won 144 caps.