{{short description|Scottish field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Rob Harwood | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1997|7|15}} | birth_place = Milngavie, Glasgow, Scotland | position = Forward | years1 = 2015–2025 | clubs1 = Western Wildcats | years2 = | clubs2 = | years3 = | clubs3 = | years4 = | clubs4 = | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = Scotland | nationalcaps1 = 55 | nationalgoals1 = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fhm|Scotland}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship II}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Gniezno|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Lousada|Team}} }} '''Rob Harwood''' (born 15 July 1997) is a Scottish field hockey player who has represented Scotland at two Commonwealth Games.
== Biography == Harwood was born in Milngavie, Glasgow and attended Milngavie Primary and Douglas Academy.<ref name=SH>{{cite web|url=https://scottish-hockey.org.uk/player/rob-harwood/ |title=Rob Harwood |website=Scottish Hockey |access-date=12 August 2025}}</ref> He studied Psychology at the University of Strathclyde (2015 to 2020) and Psychology of Sport at the University of Stirling (2020 to 2022).<ref name=USS>{{cite web|url=https://www.ussportsscholarships.com/our-team/rob-harwood/|title=Rob Harwood Head of Field Hockey |website=U.S Sports Scholarships |access-date=12 August 2025}}</ref>
Harwood played club hockey for Western Wildcats Hockey Club in the Scottish Hockey Premiership and was captain in 2015. While at Western, he attended his first Commonwealth Games hockey tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scottish-hockey.org.uk/gold-coast-2018-hockey-squads-announced/ |title=Gold Coast 2018 hockey squads announced |website=Scottish Hockey |date=14 February 2018 |access-date=12 August 2025}}</ref> He made another appearance at the Commonwealth Games in 2022, representing Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/hockey/62056697 |title=Commonwealth Games 2022: Alan Forsyth leads Scots hockey squad |website=BBC Sport |date=5 July 2022 |access-date=12 August 2025}}</ref>
In 2021, he helped Scotland win the silver medal at the 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Gniezno, Poland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2023/07/golden-double-as-scots-secure-bronze/ |title=Golden double as Scots secure bronze |website=The Edinburgh Reporter |date=29 July 2023 |access-date=12 August 2025}}</ref> and since 2022 he has been the Head of U.S Sports Scholarships based in Glasgow.<ref name=USS/>
In 2025, he helped Scotland win another bronze medal at the 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Lousada, Portugal,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/hockey/ireland-through-to-final-of-eurohockey-championship-ii-after-confident-win-over-scotland/a1525566696.html |title=Ireland through to final of EuroHockey Championship II after confident win over Scotland |website=Irish Indepdendent |date=1 August 2025|access-date=12 August 2025}}</ref> defeating Italy in the third place play off.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1756 |title=EuroHockey Championship II 2025 Men |website=FIH |access-date=12 August 2025}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Scotland FH Squad 2018 Commonwealth Games}} {{Scotland FH Squad 2022 Commonwealth Games}} {{Scotland FH Squad 2025 EuroHockey}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harwood, Rob}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Scottish men's field hockey players Category:Men's field hockey forwards Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for Scotland Category:Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games