{{Short description|American field hockey player (1972–2020)}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport | Men's Field Hockey}} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1995 Mar del Plata | Team Competition}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Lawrence Amar''' (February 24, 1972 – January 21, 2020) was a field hockey midfielder from the United States, who was the captain of the national team that finished twelfth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Amar also earned two consecutive USA Field Hockey Athlete of the Year awards in 1994 and 1995.<ref>[http://www.usfieldhockey.com/champions/usfha_athletes_yr.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901051508/http://www.usfieldhockey.com/champions/usfha_athletes_yr.htm |date=2010-09-01 }} USA Field Hockey website</ref>
Following his playing career, Amar served for six years in the United States Army, earning the rank of Staff Sergeant in the Infantry. He earned two Army Commendation and Army Achievement Medals. He returned home to be the assistant field hockey coach for the Kent State University team from 2009 to 2018. He then went on to assist with U.S. national team.<ref name="Amar">{{cite web |title=USA Field Hockey Statement on the Passing of Olympian Larry Amar |url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Field-Hockey/Features/2020/January/21/USA-Field-Hockey-Statement-on-the-Passing-of-Olympian-Lawrence-Amar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124193529/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Field-Hockey/Features/2020/January/21/USA-Field-Hockey-Statement-on-the-Passing-of-Olympian-Lawrence-Amar |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2020 |website=teamusa.org |publisher=USA Field Hockey |accessdate=23 January 2020 |date=21 January 2020}}</ref>
Born in Camarillo, California, he died at the age of 47 in 2020.<ref name="Amar" />
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==External links== * {{sports links}} * [http://www.usfieldhockey.com/champions/usfha_athletes_yr.htm/ USA Field Hockey Athletes of the Year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901051508/http://www.usfieldhockey.com/champions/usfha_athletes_yr.htm |date=2010-09-01 }} * [https://kentstatesports.com/news/2020/1/22/field-hockey-kent-state-mourns-the-passing-of-larry-amar.aspx Kent State Mourns the Passing of Larry Amar]
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