Rick Roberts is a former field hockey

Field hockey

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 defender from Canada

Canada

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Roberts started playing hockey in Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

 at age thirteen. He is nickname

Nickname

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d "Rico". He is married to former Women's National Team player Lisa Faust

Lisa Faust

Lisa Faust is a former field hockey player from Canada, who earned a total number of 118 international caps for the Canadian Women's National Team during her career...

. Also commonly referred to as "The Hammer".

International senior competitions

• 1989 – International Student Games, Sheffield
• 1993 – World Cup Qualifier, Poznan (7th)
• 1995 – Pan American Games
  1995 Pan American Games
  The 12th Pan American Games were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from March 12 to March 26, 1995. After 44 years, this was the Pan American Games first return to the country that hosted the first Games, in 1951.-Overview:...
  
  , Mar del Plata (2nd)
• 1996 – Olympic Qualifier, Barcelona (6th)
• 1996 – World Cup Preliminary, Sardinia (2nd)
• 1997 – World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur (5th)
• 1998 – World Cup, Utrecht (8th)
• 1998 – Commonwealth Games
  Commonwealth Games
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  , Kuala Lumpur (not ranked)
• 1999 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Kuala Lumpur (4th)
• 1999 – Pan American Games
  Hockey at the 1999 Pan American Games
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  , Winnipeg (1st)
• 2000 – Americas Cup, Cuba (2nd)
• 2000 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Kuala Lumpur (7th)
• 2000 – Olympic Games, Sydney (10th)
• 2001 – World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh (8th)
• 2002 – Commonwealth Games
  Commonwealth Games
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  , Manchester (6th)

Career After Field Hockey

Roberts is currently a teacher at St. Georges Senior School in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He teaches English and coaches the school's field hockey team. "Hammer" Rico is also an accomplised 12-stringer guitar player and singer, who constantly delights his classes with classic songs such as "Hey Hey, My My", "Rocky Raccoon

Rocky Raccoon

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" ,"Like a Rolling Stone

Like a Rolling Stone

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" and "Time

Time (song)

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