Craig Fulton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Craig Fulton

Olympic field hockey player

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1974

Place of Birth: Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe

Profession: field hockey player

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Craig Fulton (born 6 November 1974) is a former South Africa men's field hockey international and a former coach of the Ireland men's national field hockey team.
As a player he represented South Africa at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics and at the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup.
His brother, Grant, and his wife, Natalie, were also South Africa field hockey internationals.
In 2004 Fulton and his wife became the first married couple to represent South Africa at the same Olympic Games.
As a player/coach with Pembroke Wanderers he won two Irish Senior Cups, two Men's Irish Hockey League titles and the EuroHockey Club Trophy.
As a coach Fulton guided Ireland to third place at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship and to qualification for both the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup.
While coaching Ireland, Fulton was named the 2015 FIH Men's Coach of the Year.
He was assistant coach of the Belgium team that won the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup.