Jimmy Kirkwood

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Olympic medal record
Men's Field Hockey
Gold 1988 Seoul Team Competition

James ("Jimmy") Kirkwood (born on February 12, 1962) is a former field hockey player, who was born in Ireland. The striker was a member of the golden winning British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

At the Hockey World Cup in 1990 Kirkwood was involved in a serious accident on the pitch, in the match between Canada and Ireland. Nick Sandhu, the Canadian deep defender had the ball under control and was in the process of hitting to clear. When Kirkwood dived low from the left to tackle he got badly hit by Sandhu's follow through. Kirkwood's cheekbone was fractured and needed fifteen stitches.

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