Richard Mantell Richard Mantell Richard Mantell (born 17 August 1981) is an English field hockey defender. He is the older brother of Simon Mantell. Mantell made his international debut on 10 February 2003. He was a member of the England squad that competed at the 2006 and 2010 Hockey World Cup. He was also part of the winning squad at the 2009 EuroHockey Championship and came third in 2011, and also competed in the Champions Trophy in 2007, 2009 and 2011. Mantell has also represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Mantell was born in Bridgwater,
2010 Commonwealth Games medal table disqualified from second place. England were promoted to the silver medal position, with the bronze medal going to Canada. On 8 May 2011 Sri Lanka's Manju Wanniarachchi was provisionally disqualified by the Commonwealth Games Federation after testing positive for Norandrosterone during the Games. He had 21 days to appeal the decision but on 26 May announced that he did not wish to file an appeal and retired from the sport. On 6 June 2011 the Commonwealth Games Federation announced Sean McGoldrick of Wales as the new gold medallist. Tirafalo Seoko of Botswana was upgraded from bronze to silver on the