# Will Calnan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Will_Calnan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Will_Calnan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Calnan > Source revision: 1348549938 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Will Calnan | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|4|17|df=y}} | birth_place = London, England | position = Forward | years1 = 2013–2016 | clubs1 = [Surbiton](/source/Surbiton_Hockey_Club) | years2 = 2016–2023 | clubs2 = [Hampstead & Westminster](/source/Hampstead_%26_Westminster_Hockey_Club) | years3 = 2023–2024 | clubs3 = [Southgate](/source/Southgate_Hockey_Club) | years4 = 2024–2025 | clubs4 = [HDM](/source/Haagsche_Delftsche_Mixed) | years5 = 2025–2026 | clubs5 = [Surbiton](/source/Surbiton_Hockey_Club) | nationalyears1 = 2015–2017 | nationalteam1 = England & GB U21 | nationalcaps1 = 26 | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = 2018–present | nationalteam2 = [England](/source/England_men's_national_field_hockey_team) & [GB](/source/Great_Britain_men's_national_field_hockey_team) | nationalcaps2 = 99 | nationalgoals2 = 19 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [field hockey](/source/field_hockey)}} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[EuroHockey Championship](/source/Men's_EuroHockey_Championship)}} {{MedalSilver|[2023 Mönchengladbach](/source/2023_Men's_EuroHockey_Championship)|}} {{MedalCompetition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Hockey_at_the_Commonwealth_Games)}} {{MedalBronze|[2022 Birmingham](/source/2022_Commonwealth_Games)|[Team](/source/Hockey_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament)}} }} '''William James Cameron Calnan''' (born 17 April 1996) is an English [field hockey](/source/field_hockey) player who plays as a forward for [Dutch Hoofdklasse](/source/Men's_Hoofdklasse_Hockey) club [HDM](/source/Haagsche_Delftsche_Mixed) and the [England](/source/England_men's_national_field_hockey_team) and [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_men's_national_field_hockey_team) national teams.{{Cite web |url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=12602&itemTitle=Will+Calnan§ion=44 |title=Senior Squads | England Hockey}} He competed at the [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics). == Biography == Calnan, born in London, went to school at St Andrew's School in Woking and Cranleigh School, Surrey{{Cite web |url=https://www.cranleigh.org/uncategorised/2012/12/england-calls/ |title=England Calls |date=2012-12-11 |website=Cranleigh School |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-11-06}} and studied at [Kingston University](/source/Kingston_University), where he graduated with a degree in business management. Calnan played club hockey for [Surbiton](/source/Surbiton_Hockey_Club) in the [Men's England Hockey League](/source/Men's_England_Hockey_League) Premier Division from 2013 to 2016 and [Hampstead & Westminster](/source/Hampstead_%26_Westminster_Hockey_Club) from 2016 to 2023. While at Hampstead & Westminster he made his senior [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_men's_national_field_hockey_team) national team debut against Belgium, on 14 June 2018. He won a bronze medal with [England](/source/England_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games) in the [Men's tournament](/source/Hockey_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament) at the [2022 Commonwealth Games](/source/Hockey_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games) in Birmingham{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62463163 |title=Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa |website=BBC Sport|access-date=11 May 2025}} and won a silver medal with England at the [2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship](/source/2023_Men's_EuroHockey_Championship) in Mönchengladbach.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/hockey/66634378 |title=EuroHockey: England men lose out to the Netherlands in dramatic final |website=BBC Sport |date=27 August 2023|access-date=29 July 2025}} Calnan transferred to [Southgate Hockey Club](/source/Southgate_Hockey_Club) for the [2023–24 season](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_Men's_England_Hockey_League_season) and on 18 June 2024, he was selected to represent [Great Britain](/source/Field_hockey_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_squads) at the [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/Field_hockey_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament).{{cite web |title=GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/hockey/articles/ce99edrn13wo |website=bbc.com |publisher=[BBC](/source/BBC) |access-date=22 June 2024 |date=18 June 2024}} The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to [India](/source/India_men's_national_field_hockey_team).{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy799nlnp8lo|title=GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=9 August 2024}} In 2024 he left England to play for [HDM](/source/Haagsche_Delftsche_Mixed) in the [Dutch Hoofdklasse](/source/Men's_Hoofdklasse_Hockey).{{cite web |title=Will Calnan speelt komend seizoen bij HDM heren 1 |url=https://070online.nl/2024/06/21/will-calnan-speelt-komend-seizoen-bij-hdm-heren-1/ |website=070online.nl |access-date=22 June 2024 |language=nl |date=21 June 2024}} He joined [Surbiton](/source/Surbiton_Hockey_Club) for the [2025–26 season](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_Men's_England_Hockey_League_season). == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{International Hockey Federation|name=Will Calnan}} * {{European Hockey Federation|12123|Will Calnan}} * [https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/international/senior-squad/will-calnan Will Calnan] on [England Hockey](/source/England_Hockey) * {{Team GB|name=Will Calnan}} * {{Team England|will-calnan|Will Calnan}} * {{Olympics.com profile|william-calnan|William Calnan}} * [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/william-calnan_1898982 William Calnan}] at the [Paris 2024 Summer Olympics](/source/Paris_2024_Summer_Olympics) * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56193|William Calnan}} * {{Instagram|wjcc66|William Calnan}} {{Navboxes |title=England & Great Britain squads |bg = white |fg = navy |list1= {{England FH Squad 2018 World Cup}} {{England FH Squad 2019 EuroHockey}} {{England FH Squad 2021 EuroHockey}} {{England FH Squad 2022 Commonwealth Games}} {{England FH Squad 2023 World Cup}} {{England FH Squad 2023 EuroHockey}} {{Great Britain FH Squad 2024 Summer Olympics}} }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Calnan, Will}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of Kingston University Category:English men's field hockey players Category:British men's field hockey players Category:Men's field hockey forwards Category:People educated at Cranleigh School Category:2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Category:Surbiton Hockey Club players Category:Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club players Category:Men's England Hockey League players Category:2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for England Category:Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:Haagsche Delftsche Mixed players Category:Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Category:Field hockey players from London Category:English expatriate field hockey players Category:Southgate Hockey Club players Category:Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Category:21st-century English sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Will Calnan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Calnan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Calnan?action=history)). 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