Richard Smith (field hockey)

Richard Smith
Personal information
Full name	Richard Christopher; Michael Wijtenburg-Smith
Born	28 September 1987 (age 37); Portsmouth, England
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	HDM (trainer-coach)
Youth career
	City of Portsmouth
Senior career
Years	Team
	City of Portsmouth
	Guildford
2006–2012	Loughborough Students
2012–2013	Racing Club de Bruxelles
2013–2020	Hampstead & Westminster
2020–2021	Klein Zwitserland
National team
Years	Team
2009–2013	England & GB
Coaching career
2021–2024	Klein Zwitserland (assistant)
2024–present	HDM
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing England
EuroHockey Championship
Champions Trophy

Richard Christopher Michael Wijtenburg-Smith (born 28 September 1987) is an English field hockey coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Dutch Hoofdklasse club HDM.

International career

Smith made his international debut in 2009.^[1] He competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He also won gold at the 2009 EuroHockey Championship with England.^[2]

Club career

He has played club hockey for Hampstead & Westminster, Loughborough, Guildford and City of Portsmouth, as well as for Racing Club de Bruxelles in Belgium.^[3]^[4] On 16 June 2020, it was announced he joined Klein Zwitserland in The Hague for the 2020–21 season as he moved to the Netherlands.^[5] After one season in The Hague he retired from playing top-level hockey.^[6]

Coaching career

After his retirement, he became the assistant coach of his former team at Klein Zwitserland. In 2024 he was appointed as the head coach of HDM.^[7]

References

^ "Richard Smith". England Hockey. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Richard Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
^ "EHL statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
^ "EHL statistics". FixturesLive.com. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
^ "Nieuwe aanwinsten van Klein Zwitserland geven de club weer een nieuwe impuls". hoofdklassehockey.nl (in Dutch). Hoofdklasse Hockey Nederland. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^ Borcherts, Reemt (6 September 2021). "Hyper-ambitieus KZ zorgt in ieder geval voor spektakel op de transfermarkt". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ "Richard Smith volgt Erik van Driel op bij HDM heren 1". hdmonline.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 June 2024.