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{{Short description|British field hockey player (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name           = David Luckes<br />{{nobold|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}}}
| birth_date     = {{Birth-date and age|24 April 1969}}
| birth_place    = [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], [[Monmouthshire (historic)|Monmouthshire]], Wales
| height               = 
| weight 	           = 
| position             = Goalkeeper
| years1               = 1987–1999
| clubs1               = [[East Grinstead Hockey Club|East Grinstead]]
| years2               = 1999–2002
| clubs2               = [[Surbiton Hockey Club|Surbiton]]
| years3               = 
| clubs3               = 
| nationalyears1       = 1989–2000
| nationalteam1        = [[Great Britain men's national field hockey team|GB]] & [[England men's national field hockey team|England]]
| nationalcaps(goals)1 = 125
| nationalyears2       = 
| nationalteam2        = 
| nationalcaps(goals)2 = 
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport   | Men's [[field hockey]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalComp    | [[Hockey at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze  | [[Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | [[Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament|Team competition]] }}
}}

'''David James Luckes''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (born 24 April 1969) is a male former [[field hockey]] goalkeeper, who competed at three Olympic Games.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18808 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=28 May 2025}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Luckes born in [[Newport, Wales|Newport]] and raised in [[Bridgwater]], Somerset, was educated at [[Millfield]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004974/19930320/025/0025|title=Hill eyes chance to teake on the Germans |work=Western Daily Press |date=20 March 1993 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref> and studied at Sussex University.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004769/19890705/056/0056 |title=Hockey |work=Bristol Evening Post |date=5 July 1989 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> He played club hockey for [[East Grinstead Hockey Club|East Grinstead]] in the [[Men's England Hockey League]] from 1987, replacing [[Ian Taylor (field hockey)|Ian Taylor]] as the club's goalkeeper and was soon capped for the England U21 team.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19881017/027/0027 |title=Taking it on the chin |work=Cambridge Daily News |date=17 October 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>

He made his England debut in 1989 and Great Britain debut during the June 1990 BMW Trophy tournament in Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005105/19900523/166/0022 |title=New faces in GB hockey squad |work=Shields Daily Gazette |date=23 May 1990 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, he represented [[Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] at his first and second Olympics.<ref name=oly/> He also played in the [[1994 Men's Hockey World Cup]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004895/19940803/076/0076 |title=Bobby's call Down Under |work=Hoylake & West Kirby News |date=3 August 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 June 2025}}</ref> and represented [[England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|England]] and won a bronze medal in the [[Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament|men's hockey]], at the [[1998 Commonwealth Games]] in Kuala Lumpur<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002472/19980805/256/0034 |title=Three more for England |work=Reading Evening Post |date=5 August 1998 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref> and participated in the [[1998 Men's Hockey World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002472/19980402/482/0059 |title=Holden's team can't stop Rott |work=Reading Evening Post |date=2 April 1998 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref>

After 12 years at East Grinstead he left to join [[Surbiton Hockey Club|Surbiton]] for the 1999/2000 season<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002505/19990813/336/0035 |title=Four sign for Surbiton |work=Kingston Informer |date=13 August 1999 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> and it was at Surbtion that he made his final Olympic appearances in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20000720/476/0030 |title=Hockey: Great Britain's Olympic squad |work=The Scotsman  |date=20 July 2000 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref>

He earned 125 caps for England and GB between 1989 and 2000. Towards the end of his career, he also played cricket to a high level.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005124/20020719/477/0046 |title=Priory penalised as Ibrahim stars again |work=Sussex Express |date=19 July 2002 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>

He wrote the initial feasibility study for the UK [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympic bid]] and was in charge of Sport Competition for London Organising Committee. Formerly Director of Sport for International Hockey Federation in Switzerland, he is now associate director for Summer Olympic Sports and IF Relations at the International Olympic Committee.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{SR/Olympics|lu/david-luckes-1|archive=20161203134734}}

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{{Great Britain FH Squad 1992 Summer Olympics}}
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{{England FH Squad 1998 World Cup}}
{{England FH Squad 1998 Commonwealth Games}}
{{Great Britain FH Squad 2000 Olympic Qualifier}}
{{Great Britain FH Squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Bridgwater]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Newport, Wales]]
[[Category:English male field hockey players]]
[[Category:Male field hockey goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain]]
[[Category:British male field hockey players]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players]]
[[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey]]
[[Category:People educated at Millfield Preparatory School]]
[[Category:Surbiton Hockey Club players]]
[[Category:East Grinstead Hockey Club players]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:People educated at Millfield]]