James "Jimi" Lewis is an English

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...

 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...

 goalkeeper

Goalkeeper

In many team sports which involve scoring goals, a goalkeeper is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by intercepting shots at goal...

, who was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

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He was second choice behind Simon Mason. Lewis, also nicknamed "Lewi", played club hockey for 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...

 and Havant

Havant HC

Havant Hockey Club is a hockey club based in Havant, Hampshire, England. The hockey club has been established since 1907.The club has achieved success nationally all the way through its history, especially in the early 90s...

 and is currently with Gross Flottbeker in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. He made his international debut in Malaysia in 1994, playing against South Africa

South Africa national field hockey team

The South Africa national field hockey team is the national team of South Africa that participates in international field hockey matches and tournaments...

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Jimi often travels to Spain, and coaches hockey for Marshland High School in Norfolk along with another former international, Paul Swinburn.