Robbie Shepherdson
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| Born |
24 August 1995 Edinburgh, Scotland | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Loughborough Students' | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Grange | |||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Teddington | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
| 2016–2022 | Scotland | 45 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Robbie Shepherdson (born 25 August 1995)[1] is a Scottish field hockey player who represented the Scottish national team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Biography
[edit]Shepherdson was born in Edinburgh and educated at Blackhall Primary School and the Royal High School, Edinburgh. He studied Mechanical Engineering at Loughborough University.[2] While at university he played club hockey for Loughborough Students' Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League.
After university he signed to play for Grange Hockey Club in the Scottish Hockey Premiership and in 2021 he helped Scotland win the silver medal at the 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II, in Gniezno, Poland[3][4]
The following year was selected to represent Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, in the men's tournament[1][5] and around the same time, he returned to play his club hockey in England with Teddington, from the 2022–23 season. [6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Athlete profile - Hockey, Scotland". Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Scotland senior team men profile". Scottish Hockey. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Hockey – Scotland name four Edinburgh players". The Edinburgh Reporter. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "Scotland men's squad announced for EuroHockey Championship II". Scottish Hockey Federation. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2022: Alan Forsyth leads Scots hockey squad". BBC Sport. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Teddington Men 1s win their third straight match in dramatic fashion". Teddington Nub News. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
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