Daragh James Walsh (born 27 August 1997) is a field hockey player from Ireland.[1][2]
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| Full name | Daragh James Walsh | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
27 August 1997 Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | Braxgata | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Ireland U–21 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Ireland | 86 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Life
editWalsh was born on 27 August 1997.[3]
He is sponsored by Ritual Hockey.[4]
Field hockey
editDomestic league
editWalsh currently competes in the Belgian Hockey League, where he represents Braxgata.[5][6]
He formerly represented the Three Rock Rovers in the Irish Hockey League.[7][4]
Under–21
editHe made his debut for the Irish U–21 team in 2014 at the EuroHockey Junior Championship II in Lousada.[8]
Senior national team
editWalsh made his senior international debut in 2017. He appeared in a test series against Pakistan in Lisburn.[8]
Since his debut, Walsh has been present at numerous international events. He has medalled twice with the national team, taking home gold at the 2023 edition of the EuroHockey Championship II, and silver at the 2018–19 FIH Series Finals in Le Touquet.[9][10]
In 2018 he was a member of the Irish squad at the FIH World Cup held in Bhubaneswar.[11][12]
He competed at the 2024 FIH Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia.[8][13][14]
References
edit- ^ "PLAYER PROFILES". hockey.ie. Hockey Ireland. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Daragh Walsh – Player Info". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Team Details – Ireland". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Daragh Walsh". ritualhockey.com. Ritual Hockey. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Heren 1". braxgata.be. Braxgata HC. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "DARAGH WALSH". ionhockeyleague.be. ION Hockey League. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "WALSH Daragh". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "WALSH Daragh". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Ireland Lose Out to France in Series Final". ulsterhockey.com. Ulster Hockey Union. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "EuroHockey II: Irish fight back to defeat Ukraine in Dublin decider". bbc.com. BBC Sport. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Ireland crash out of Hockey World Cup at hands of the auld enemy". extra.ie. Extra. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "WALSH Daragh". worldcup2018.hockey. 2018 FIH World Cup. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Olympic qualifier: Ireland's men beat Ukraine 5-1 in opening Valencia game". bbc.com. BBC Sport. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Five-star Ireland men record dominant Olympic qualifying win over Ukraine". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Belfast Telegraph. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
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