Craig Parnham is an English field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 defender, who participated in two Summer Olympics for Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

: in 2000 and 2004. Parnham, nickname

Nickname

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d Spud, played club hockey for Stourport and Bridgnorth

Bridgnorth

Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England, along the Severn Valley. It is split into Low Town and High Town, named on account of their elevations relative to the River Severn, which separates the upper town on the right bank from the lower on the left...

, and is currently with Cannock

Cannock Hockey Club

Cannock Hockey Club are an English field hockey team. They were established in 1905, and are based in the village of Hatherton, near Cannock, Staffordshire. Both the men's and women's first teams play in the England Hockey League Premier Division, the top division of hockey in England...

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Parnham sustained a near-fatal throat injury in 2002, when he was caught in the throat by a flying stick while playing for England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 in Malaysia. His larynx required rebuilding. Parnham previously had a singing voice akin to Katherine Jenkins however this skill was unfortunately lost after the injury. He has previously had a double hernia and more recently undergone botox and chemical peeling procedures. Parnham made his debut for England in 1995, playing in Auckland

Auckland

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 against New Zealand

New Zealand

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