Michael Robson

Michael Robson

Hockey

BIOGRAPHY

Michael made his debut against England ten years ago and since then has won a European bronze medal (2015), played in the 2018 World Cup, and helped Ireland qualify for the 2016 Olympics while he was studying a BSc in Finance at Queens. He was a travelling reserve in Rio and is one of only three survivors from that 2016 squad. He took time out of his career as an accountant with EY-Parthenon to spend three years playing professionally in Germany with Crefelder (2017-2020), where younger brother Callum also played.

Gender

Male

Discipline

Men's Hockey

Date Of Birth

April 18, 1995

Hometown

Holywood, Co. Down

Games

Paris 2024

OTHER HOCKEY ATHLETES

Johnny Lynch

Daragh Walsh

Ben Walker

Nick Page

Shane O’Donoghue

Matthew Nelson

Sean Murray

Peter McKibbon

Johnny McKee

Ben Johnson

David Harte

Kyle Marshall

Alistair Empey*

Jeremy Duncan

Tim Cross

Lee Cole

Jaime Carr *

Peter Brown

Zara Malseed

Chloe Watkins

Sarah Torrans

Lizzie Murphy

Michelle Carey

Róisín Upton

Shirley McCay

Hannah McLoughlin

Anna O’Flanagan

Lena Tice

Hannah Matthews

Katie Mullan (Captain)

Ayeisha McFerran

Sarah McAuley

Lizzie Holden (née Colvin)

Sarah Hawkshaw

Naomi Carroll

Nicci Daly

Deirdre Duke

HOCKEY NEWS

DAY 3 MORNING REPORT FROM TEAM IRELAND | PARIS 2024

Reigning world champion Daniel Wiffen eased his way into tomorrow night’s 800m Freestyle final qualifying fastest of all eight swimmers in a time of 7:41.53. Team mate Ellen Walshe booked her spot in her first Olympic final tonight; her favoured event the women’s 400m Individual Medley by finishing fourth in her heat. Second time Olympian Danielle Hill [...]

TEAM IRELAND TO FEATURE IN TEN SPORTS ON OPENING DAY OF PARIS 2024

Day one of Paris 2024 is set to be a bumper one for Team Ireland as athletes from no less than ten sports will get their Olympic campaigns underway; Eventing (Dressage), Hockey, Swimming, Rowing, Canoe Slalom, Road Cycling, Boxing, Badminton, Gymnastics, and the Men’s Rugby Sevens team return to the pitch.    Equestrian The Irish [...]

MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM OFFICIALLY SELECTED FOR TEAM IRELAND AT PARIS 2024

The Olympic Federation of Ireland has officially named the men’s hockey team that will compete this summer at the Olympic Games in Paris. Captained by Sean Murray (Lisburn) the team clinched one of the coveted places at the Final Qualification event in Valencia earlier this year, when they defeated Korea 4-3 in a scintillating final [...]

HOCKEY INTERNATIONALS DEIRDRE DUKE, ANNA O’FLANAGAN AND CHLOE WATKINS ANNOUNCE THEIR RETIREMENTS

Deirdre Duke, Anna O’Flanagan and Chloe Watkins, all of whom were part of the 2018 Hockey World Cup squad who brought home the Silver Medal for Ireland, have announced their retirements from international hockey. Deirdre Duke DEIRDRE DUKE made her International debut for the IRL Women’s team in June 2013 against Scotland and went on [...]

Women’s Hockey Head Coach Sean Dancer Steps Away

Ireland Head Coach Sean Dancer has decided to step-away from the Senior Women’s Hockey programme. It comes just over a month after the team narrowly failed to qualify for Paris 2024, losing to GB in Valencia at the Olympic Qualifiers in January.   Dancer joined as Head Coach in May 2019 having moved from his role as […]

David Harte on Olympic Qualification for the Men’s Hockey Team

“It was a phenomenal feeling and something I won't forget for a long time, hearing the final hooter sound on that Sunday in Valencia” As the dust settles on the successful Olympic qualification berth won by Team Ireland’s men’s hockey team at the Olympic qualification tournament last week, goalkeeper David Harte, who is also a [...]

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