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Ian Charles Boucher Taylor (born 24 September 1954) is a former England field hockey goalkeeper. He is also the chief executive of SkillsActive, and also became CEO of London Irish Holdings, improving the on and off field activities of the Rugby Club.

Ian Taylor

Personal information
Full name	Ian Charles Boucher Taylor
Born	(1954-09-24) 24 September 1954 (age 67) Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team competition 1984 Los Angeles Team competition Representing  England Hockey World Cup 1986 London Team competition

He was a member of the gold winning Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, during which he was a teacher at Bromsgrove School. Four years earlier he won Bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He also won silver with the England squad at the 1986 Hockey World Cup. In the European Cup with the England squad he won silver in 1987 and bronze in 1978.[1][2]

Taylor has held a number of honorary roles within sports administration including Minister’s nominee on the Sports Council (with a UK remit), director of the GB ice hockey Board and a director of the British Olympic Association. He was also a commentator for BBC Sport between 1988-1996. He was previously the chief executive for sportscotland, following the departure of Ian Robson in July 2004.[3] He was also the short lived CEO of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain but resigned over a policy introduced under his tenure that saw the pooling of samples.[4]

Taylor was born in Bromsgrove, England, and was a student at Borough Road College, Isleworth, London. He returned to the college on several occasions to lecture and coach hockey. He has played club hockey for East Grinstead Hockey Club.

References

External links

• Ian Taylor at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Ian Taylor (field hockey)

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[fr] Ian Taylor (hockey sur gazon)

Ian Taylor (né le 24 septembre 1954 à Bromsgrove) est un joueur de hockey sur gazon britannique. Il participe aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1984 et aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1988 où il remporte la médaille de bronze puis la médaille d'or [1].

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[ru] Тейлор, Иан

Иан Чарльз Баучер Тейлор (англ. Ian Charles Boucher Taylor, 24 сентября 1954, Бромсгроув, Вустершир, Англия, Великобритания) — английский и британский хоккеист (хоккей на траве), вратарь. Олимпийский чемпион 1988 года, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1984 года.

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