Liam Sanford

Liam Sanford is an English field hockey player who plays as a defender for Old Georgians and the England and Great Britain national teams. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Sanford began playing hockey for Wycombe Hockey Club and the RAF before joining Team Bath Buccaneers. Sanford became the first-ever Team Bath Buccaneers men's player to represent England Hockey at senior level when he helped his country to a 5–2 win over South Africa in Cape Town.
In 2017, Sanford joined Reading in the England Hockey League Premier Division for the 2017–18 season and while there represented England and won a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
He transferred to Old Georgians for the 2019–20 season. Sanford earned a call up to the Great Britain Olympic squad for the delayed 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo.
Sanford helped Old Georgians win the league and cup double during the 2022-23 season and the league title during the 2023-24 season.
He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.