# David Wilman

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**David Wilman** (19 December 1934 – 9 August 2020) was a British [field hockey](/source/Field_hockey) player who competed at the [1964 Summer Olympics](/source/1964_Summer_Olympics) and the [1968 Summer Olympics](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics).[1]

## Biography

Wilman studied at the [University of Leeds](/source/University_of_Leeds) and represented the Universities Athletic Union hockey team in January 1957.[2] At county level he played for Yorkshire.[3]

Wilman represented [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics) at the 1964 Olympic Games in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo).[4] At the time of his first Olympic selection he played club hockey for [Cambridge City Hockey Club](/source/Cambridge_City_Hockey_Club).[5] When Wilman represented [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics) at the 1968 Olympic Games in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City) he was still with the Cmabridge City team.[4]

He left Cambridge City in 1969 after gaining a job at [Aberystwyth University](/source/Aberystwyth_University).[6]

Wilman died on 9 August 2020, at the age of 85.[4]

## References

1. ["David Wilman Olympic Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035942/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/david-wilman-1.html). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/david-wilman-1.html) on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

1. ["Varsities hockey"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004722/19570105/006/0006). *Nottingham Guardian*. 5 January 1957. Retrieved 10 July 2025. – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. ["Hockey"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005475/19571127/011/0011). *Liverpool Daily Post*. 27 November 1957. Retrieved 10 July 2025. – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. ["Biographical Information"](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18731). *Olympedia*. Retrieved 10 July 2025.

1. ["Midland men in Olympic Hockey 18"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002134/19640801/211/0011). *Birmingham Daily Post*. 1 August 1964. Retrieved 10 July 2025. – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. ["David Wilman leaving"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003739/19690527/019/0019). *Cambridge Daily News*. 27 May 1969. Retrieved 10 July 2025. – via British Newspaper Archive.

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