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{{short description|Irish field hockey player (b. 1988)}}
'''Peter Caruth''' (born 4 June 1988) is an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[field hockey]] player. He competed for the [[Ireland men's national field hockey team]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Peter Caruth|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/peter-caruth|website=Rio 2016|accessdate=October 14, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826121348/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/peter-caruth|archivedate=August 26, 2016}}</ref>
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Peter Caruth
| fullname = Peter Caruth
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|6|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]
| height = 173cm
| weight = 73 kg
| position = Forward/Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 19xx–20xx
| youthclubs1 = [[Campbell College]]
| years1 = 20xx–2012
| clubs1 = [[Annadale Hockey Club|Annadale]]
| years2 = 2012–2013
| clubs2 = Braxgata (Belgium)
| years3 = 2013–2016
| clubs3 = [[Monkstown Hockey Club|Monkstown]]
| years4 = 2016–
| clubs4 = [[Annadale Hockey Club|Annadale]]
| nationalyears1 = 2008–
| nationalteam1 = [[Ireland men's national field hockey team|Ireland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 148 <ref name="ulsterhockey181018">{{cite web|url=https://ulsterhockey.com/weekend-preview-6/|title=Weekend Preview|publisher=ulsterhockey.com|access-date=10 May 2019|date=18 October 2018}}</ref>
| nationalgoals1 = 27
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{fh|Ireland}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[EuroHockey Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship|2015 London]]|Team}}
| manageryears1 = 2016–
| managerclubs1 = [[Annadale Hockey Club|Annadale]]
}}

'''Peter Caruth''' (born 4 June 1988) is an [[Ireland men's national field hockey team|Ireland men's field hockey international]]. He was a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the [[2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship]]. He also represented Ireland at the [[Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads|2016 Summer Olympics]]. At club level he has won [[Men's Irish Hockey League]] titles and the [[EuroHockey Club Trophy]] with [[Monkstown Hockey Club|Monkstown]] and the [[Kirk Cup]] with [[Annadale Hockey Club|Annadale]].

==Early years, family and education==
Caruth is from [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]. He was educated at Gilnahirk Primary School, Cabin Hill School and [[Campbell College]].<ref name="hockeyie3051">{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey.ie/playerprofile/3051/|title=Peter Caruth|publisher=www.hockey.ie|access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="hookhockeycaruth">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402042947/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 April 2018|title=Olympic biographies – Peter Caruth|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=8 May 2019|date=3 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="gilnahirkps">{{cite web|url=http://www.gilnahirkps.org.uk/p7-get-an-olympian-visit/|title=P7 get an Olympian Visit|publisher=www.gilnahirkps.org.uk|access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref>

In 2022, Caruth [[Coming out|came out]] as gay, becoming the first Irish men's international hockey player to do so.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2022-06-24 |title=Irish hockey international Caruth comes out as gay |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hockey/2022/0624/1306729-irish-hockey-international-caruth-comes-out-as-gay/ |language=en}}</ref>

==Domestic teams==
===Early years===
As a youth Caruth played [[field hockey]] for both [[Campbell College]] and [[Annadale Hockey Club|Annadale]]. The 2012–13 season saw him play for Braxgata in the [[Men's Belgian Hockey League]].<ref name="hookhockeycaruth">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402042947/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 April 2018|title=Olympic biographies – Peter Caruth|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=8 May 2019|date=3 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="annadale1">{{cite news|url=http://www.annadale.co.uk/juniors/|title=Juniors|publisher=www.annadale.co.uk|access-date=8 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="belfasttelegraph110913">{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/hockey/caruth-back-but-set-to-head-south-29569380.html|title=Caruth back but set to head south|publisher=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk|access-date=9 May 2019|date=11 September 2013}}</ref><ref name="hookhockey130913">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2013/09/monkstown-4/#.XNSR_fZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506192929/https://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2013/09/monkstown-4/#.XNSR_fZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=6 May 2021|title=Monkstown|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=9 May 2019|date=13 September 2013}}</ref>

===Monkstown===
In 2013 Caruth began playing for [[Monkstown Hockey Club|Monkstown]] in the [[Men's Irish Hockey League]].<ref name="hookhockeycaruth">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402042947/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 April 2018|title=Olympic biographies – Peter Caruth|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=8 May 2019|date=3 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="belfasttelegraph110913">{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/hockey/caruth-back-but-set-to-head-south-29569380.html|title=Caruth back but set to head south|publisher=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk|access-date=9 May 2019|date=11 September 2013}}</ref><ref name="hookhockey130913">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2013/09/monkstown-4/#.XNSR_fZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506192929/https://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2013/09/monkstown-4/#.XNSR_fZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=6 May 2021|title=Monkstown|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=9 May 2019|date=13 September 2013}}</ref> He subsequently helped Monkstown win the league title in both 2013–14 and 2014–15.<ref name="hookhockeycaruth">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402042947/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 April 2018|title=Olympic biographies – Peter Caruth|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=8 May 2019|date=3 August 2016}}</ref> In the 2013–14 league final he scored twice as Monkstown defeated [[Banbridge Hockey Club|Banbridge]] 2–1.<ref name="ehlhockey3">{{cite news|url=https://ehlhockey.tv/news/monkstown-win-irish-hockey-league-title/|title=Monkstown win Irish Hockey League title|publisher=ehlhockey.tv|access-date=9 May 2019|date=6 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509212807/https://ehlhockey.tv/news/monkstown-win-irish-hockey-league-title/|archive-date=9 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="newsletter060414">{{cite news|url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/more-sport/caruth-double-ends-banbridge-hopes-as-monkstown-claim-title-1-5984681|title=Caruth double ends Banbridge hopes as Monkstown claim title|publisher=www.newsletter.co.uk|access-date=10 May 2019|date=6 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="gazette100414">{{cite news|url=https://dublingazette.com/uncategorized/caruth-double-monkstown/|title=Caruth on the double for Monkstown|publisher=dublingazette.com|access-date=10 May 2019|date=10 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="sportsfile060414">{{cite news|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/1404053/|title=Banbridge v Monkstown - Irish Senior Men's Hockey League Final Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|access-date=10 May 2019|date=6 April 2014}}</ref> Together with [[Graham Shaw (field hockey)|Graham Shaw]] and [[Kyle Good]], Caruth was also a member of the Monkstown team that won the 2014 [[EuroHockey Club Trophy]]. He again scored in the final as Monkstown defeated HC OKS-SHVSM of [[Ukraine]] 2–0.<ref name="hockeygods110614">{{cite news|url=http://hockeygods.com/images/12154-Monkstown_HC___EuroHockey_Club_Champions_Trophy_Winners_2014|title=Monkstown HC - EuroHockey Club Champions Trophy Winners 2014|publisher=hockeygods.com|access-date=7 September 2018|date=11 June 2014}}</ref><ref name="blackpoolhf190614">{{cite news|url=http://www.blackpoolhf.co.uk/2014/06/monkstown-hc-irl-beat-ukrainians-to-win-european-trophy-in-sardinia/|title=Monkstown HC (IRL) beat Ukrainians to win European Trophy in Sardinia|publisher=www.blackpoolhf.co.uk|access-date=10 May 2019|date=19 June 2014}}</ref> Caruth also played for Monkstown in the [[2014–15 Euro Hockey League|2014–15]] and the [[2015–16 Euro Hockey League]]s.<ref name="ehlhockey1">{{cite news|url=https://ehlhockey.tv/club/monkstown/|title=Monkstown – Club biography|publisher=ehlhockey.tv|access-date=7 April 2019}}</ref>

===Annadale===
In 2016 Caruth re-joined [[Annadale Hockey Club|Annadale]], this time as a player/coach.<ref name="hookhockey020616">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/06/big-signing-for-annadale-as-caruth-returns/#.XNSOufZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607234707/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/06/big-signing-for-annadale-as-caruth-returns/#.XNSOufZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=7 June 2016|title=Big signing for Annadale as Caruth returns|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=9 May 2019|date=2 June 2016}}</ref> In 2016–17 he guided Annadale to promotion form the [[Ulster Senior League (men's hockey)|Ulster Senior League]] to the [[Men's Irish Hockey League]].<ref name="hookhockey230417">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2017/04/caruth-inspires-annadale-to-return-to-mens-eyhl/#.XNSQ9vZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929060029/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2017/04/caruth-inspires-annadale-to-return-to-mens-eyhl/#.XNSQ9vZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=29 September 2017|title=Caruth inspires Annadale to return to men's EYHL|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=9 May 2019|date=23 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="hookhockey280917">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2017/09/annadale-mens-ey-hockey-league-preview/#.XNSMSPZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011215857/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2017/09/annadale-mens-ey-hockey-league-preview/#.XNSMSPZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 October 2017|title=Annadale – Men's EY Hockey League preview|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=9 May 2019|date=28 September 2017}}</ref> He also scored a hat-trick as Annadale defeated [[Cookstown Hockey Club|Cookstown]] 8–1 in the [[Kirk Cup]] final.<ref name="midulstermail261216">{{cite web|url=https://www.midulstermail.co.uk/sport/athletics/hockey-cookstown-demolished-by-anndale-in-kirk-cup-final-1-7748409|title=Cookstown demolished by Anndale in Kirk Cup Final|publisher=www.midulstermail.co.uk|access-date=9 May 2019|date=26 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="belfasttelegraph271216">{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/hockey/agony-and-ecstasy-for-caruth-as-dale-land-kirk-cup-in-style-35321873.html|title=Agony and ecstasy for Caruth as Dale land Kirk Cup in style|publisher=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk|access-date=9 May 2019|date=27 December 2016}}</ref> In 2018 Caruth and Anndale again played in the Kirk Cup final but this time, they lost to [[Banbridge Hockey Club|Banbridge]].<ref name="belfasttelegraph261218">{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/hockey/in-pictures-banbridge-return-to-win-kirk-cup-after-three-year-absence-37659263.html|title=In pictures: Banbridge return to win Kirk Cup after three year absence|publisher=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk|access-date=9 May 2019|date=26 December 2018}}</ref>

==Ireland international==
Caruth made his senior debut for [[Ireland men's national field hockey team|Ireland]] in October 2008 in a 2–2 draw with [[Argentina men's national field hockey team|Argentina]].<ref name="hockeyie3051">{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey.ie/playerprofile/3051/|title=Peter Caruth|publisher=www.hockey.ie|access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="hookhockeycaruth">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402042947/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 April 2018|title=Olympic biographies – Peter Caruth|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=8 May 2019|date=3 August 2016}}</ref> He had previously played for Ireland A.<ref name="hookhockey100409">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2009/04/ireland-a-end-with-10-goal-draw/#.XNSQG_ZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203033245/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2009/04/ireland-a-end-with-10-goal-draw/#.XNSQG_ZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 December 2020|title=Ireland A end with 10-goal draw|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=9 May 2019|date=10 April 2009}}</ref> He made his major tournament debut at the [[2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers]].<ref name="hookhockeycaruth">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402042947/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 April 2018|title=Olympic biographies – Peter Caruth|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=8 May 2019|date=3 August 2016}}</ref> Caruth was a member of the Ireland team that won the [[2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II]].<ref name="hookhockey070711">{{cite news|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2011/07/ireland-hit-usa-for-six-in-lille/#.XBgOlPZ2ty0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711044719/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2011/07/ireland-hit-usa-for-six-in-lille#.XBgOlPZ2ty0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 July 2011|title='Scratchy' Ireland hit USA for six in Lille|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=17 December 2018|date=7 July 2011}}</ref> He also helped Ireland win [[Men's FIH Hockey World League]] tournaments in [[2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 1|2012]]<ref name="hookhockey090912">{{cite news|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2012/09/ireland-top-world-league-with-swedish-romp/comment-page-1/#.XURNG25Fxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228215911/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2012/09/ireland-top-world-league-with-swedish-romp/comment-page-1/#.XURNG25Fxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=28 February 2020|title=Ireland top World League pool with Swedish romp|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=2 August 2019|date=9 September 2012}}</ref> and [[2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2|2015]].<ref name="hookhockey090315">{{cite news|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2015/03/ireland-add-gold-to-olympic-progression-as-odonoghue-shoots-down-austria/#.XBwMYvZ2ty0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528123459/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2015/03/ireland-add-gold-to-olympic-progression-as-odonoghue-shoots-down-austria/#.XBwMYvZ2ty0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=28 May 2017|title=Ireland add gold to Olympic progression as O'Donoghue shoots down Austria|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=20 December 2015|date=9 March 2015}}</ref> At the [[2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals]], Caruth made his 100th senior appearance for Ireland.<ref name="muckross280615">{{cite news|title=Peter Caruth makes 100th appearance for Ireland!|url=http://muckrosshockeyclub.com/peter-caruth-makes-100th-appearance-for-ireland/|publisher=muckrosshockeyclub.com|access-date=9 May 2019|date=28 June 2015}}</ref> Caruth was also a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the [[2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship]].<ref name="independent260815">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/caruth-heroics-edge-ireland-into-historic-semifinal-31478511.html|title=Caruth heroics edge Ireland into historic semi-final|publisher=www.independent.ie|access-date=10 May 2019|date=26 August 2015}}</ref> He also represented Ireland at the [[Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="sportsreferencecaruth">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/peter-caruth-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114412/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/peter-caruth-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Peter Caruth|publisher=www.sports-reference.com|access-date=9 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="sportsfile070816">{{cite news|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/631446647/5000/|title=Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Day 2 - Hockey Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|access-date=20 December 2018|date=7 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="sportsfile120816">{{cite news|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/631446945/5000/0/20/|title=Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Day 7 - Hockey Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|access-date=20 December 2018|date=12 August 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible"
! Tournaments
! Place
|-
| [[2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy]]<ref name="rte230709">{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hockey/2009/0723/252355-ireland_hockey/|title=Irish men's hockey squad named|publisher=www.rte.ie|access-date=29 July 2019|date=23 July 2009}}</ref>||1st
|-
|[[2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers]]<ref name="hookhockeycaruth">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402042947/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 April 2018|title=Olympic biographies – Peter Caruth|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=8 May 2019|date=3 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="fih221009">{{cite news|url=http://www.fih.ch/news/irish-squad-for-bdo-world-cup-qualifier-announced/|title=Irish squad for BDO World Cup Qualifier announced|publisher=www.fih.ch|access-date=10 May 2019|date=22 October 2009}}</ref><ref name="independent091109">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/brennans-argentina-pain-opens-door-for-caruth-26580347.html|title=Brennan's Argentina pain opens door for Caruth|publisher=www.independent.ie|access-date=10 May 2019|date=9 November 2009}}</ref><ref name="bbc221009">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/8360820.stm|title=Ireland defeat Chile in qualifier|publisher=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=10 July 2019|date=15 November 2009}}</ref>||3rd
|-
|[[2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II]]<ref name="hookhockey070711">{{cite news|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2011/07/ireland-hit-usa-for-six-in-lille/#.XBgOlPZ2ty0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711044719/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2011/07/ireland-hit-usa-for-six-in-lille#.XBgOlPZ2ty0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 July 2011|title='Scratchy' Ireland hit USA for six in Lille|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=17 December 2018|date=7 July 2011}}</ref>||1st
|-
|[[2011 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship]]<ref name="rte030811">{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hockey/2011/0803/283129-ireland/|title=Ireland squads named for European C'ship|publisher=www.rte.ie|access-date=16 December 2018|date=3 August 2011}}</ref>||5th
|-
|[[Men's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier]]<ref name="rte110312">{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hockey/2012/0311/294125-ireland_ukraine/|title=Ireland 12-0 Ukraine|publisher=www.rte.ie|access-date=9 May 2019|date=11 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="sportsfile130312">{{cite news|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/1203144/5000/|title=Ireland v Korea - Men's 2012 Olympic Qualifying Tournament Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|access-date=20 December 2018|date=13 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="42ie180312">{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/irish-hockey-team-suffer-late-heartbreak-389240-Mar2012/|title=Irish men's hockey team suffer late heartbreak|publisher=www.the42.ie|access-date=9 May 2019|date=18 March 2012}}</ref>||2nd
|-
|[[2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 1]]<ref name="hookhockey090912">{{cite news|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2012/09/ireland-top-world-league-with-swedish-romp/comment-page-1/#.XURNG25Fxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228215911/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2012/09/ireland-top-world-league-with-swedish-romp/comment-page-1/#.XURNG25Fxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=28 February 2020|title=Ireland top World League pool with Swedish romp|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=2 August 2019|date=9 September 2012}}</ref>||1st
|-
|[[2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I]]<ref name="fih021212">{{cite news|url=http://www.fih.ch/events/champions-trophy/champions-trophy-melbourne-2012-m/news/five-star-argentina-win-champions-challenge-1/|title=Five star Argentina win Champions Challenge 1|publisher=www.fih.ch|access-date=17 December 2018|date=2 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="bbc021212">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/hockey/20574237|title=Ireland beat Malaysia to win bronze in Champions Challenge 1|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=10 May 2019|date=2 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="rte031212">{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hockey/2012/1202/356410-ireland-take-third-place-in-argentina/|title=Ireland 4-3 Malaysia (Aet)|publisher=www.rte.ie|access-date=10 May 2019|date=3 December 2012}}</ref>||3rd
|-
|[[2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals]]<ref name="rte220613">{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hockey/2013/0622/458250-ireland-seal-comeback-win-at-world-league/|title=Ireland 6-4 France|publisher=www.rte.ie|access-date=2 August 2019|date=22 June 2013}}</ref> ||7th
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|[[2013 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads|2013 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship]]<ref name="hookhockey250813">{{cite news|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2013/08/captain-fantastic-salvages-irish-a-status-averting-czech-disaster/#.XFcNj_Z2ty0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204065800/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2013/08/captain-fantastic-salvages-irish-a-status-averting-czech-disaster/#.XFcNj_Z2ty0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 February 2019|title=Captain Fantastic salvages Irish A status, averting Czech disaster|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|date=25 August 2013|access-date=3 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="hookhockey110813">{{cite news|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2013/08/jackson-to-lead-irish-men-in-boom/#.XFSQnvZ2ty0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204014503/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2013/08/jackson-to-lead-irish-men-in-boom/#.XFSQnvZ2ty0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 February 2019|title=Jackson to lead Irish men in Boom|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|date=11 August 2013|access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="olympics120813">{{cite news|url=http://www.olympics.ie/sports/hockey/8173-2013-european-mens-hockey.html|title=2013 European Men's Hockey|publisher=www.olympics.ie|date=12 August 2013|access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>||6th
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|[[2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2]]<ref name="hookhockey090315">{{cite news|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2015/03/ireland-add-gold-to-olympic-progression-as-odonoghue-shoots-down-austria/#.XBwMYvZ2ty0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528123459/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2015/03/ireland-add-gold-to-olympic-progression-as-odonoghue-shoots-down-austria/#.XBwMYvZ2ty0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=28 May 2017|title=Ireland add gold to Olympic progression as O'Donoghue shoots down Austria|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=20 December 2015|date=9 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="belfasttelegraph180215">{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/hockey/peter-caruth-has-ambitions-on-his-return-from-serious-injury-31000595.html|title=Peter Caruth has ambitions on his return from serious injury|publisher=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk|access-date=9 May 2019|date=18 February 2015}}</ref>||1st
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|[[2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals]]<ref name="muckross280615">{{cite news|title=Peter Caruth makes 100th appearance for Ireland!|url=http://muckrosshockeyclub.com/peter-caruth-makes-100th-appearance-for-ireland/|publisher=muckrosshockeyclub.com|access-date=9 May 2019|date=28 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="rte050715">{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hockey/2015/0705/712778-ireland-claim-fifth-spot-in-world-hockey-league/|title=Ireland have shot at Rio 2016 with fifth spot in World Hockey League|publisher=www.rte.ie|access-date=2 August 2019|date=5 July 2015}}</ref> ||5th
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|[[2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship]]<ref name="independent260815">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/caruth-heroics-edge-ireland-into-historic-semifinal-31478511.html|title=Caruth heroics edge Ireland into historic semi-final|publisher=www.independent.ie|access-date=10 May 2019|date=26 August 2015}}</ref>||{{bronze03}}
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|[[Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads|2016 Summer Olympics]]<ref name="sportsreferencecaruth">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/peter-caruth-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114412/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/peter-caruth-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Peter Caruth|publisher=www.sports-reference.com|access-date=9 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="sportsfile070816">{{cite news|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/631446647/5000/|title=Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Day 2 - Hockey Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|access-date=20 December 2018|date=7 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="sportsfile120816">{{cite news|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/631446945/5000/0/20/|title=Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Day 7 - Hockey Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|access-date=20 December 2018|date=12 August 2016}}</ref>||10th
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==Coach==
In addition to his role as a player/coach with [[Annadale Hockey Club|Annadale]], Caruth has also coached at Muckross Hockey Club and [[Campbell College]].
<ref name="hookhockeycaruth">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402042947/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/08/olympic-biographies-peter-caruth/#.XNM31fZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 April 2018|title=Olympic biographies – Peter Caruth|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=8 May 2019|date=3 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="muckross280615">{{cite news|title=Peter Caruth makes 100th appearance for Ireland!|url=http://muckrosshockeyclub.com/peter-caruth-makes-100th-appearance-for-ireland/|publisher=muckrosshockeyclub.com|access-date=9 May 2019|date=28 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="hookhockey210918">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2018/09/annadale-mens-ey-hockey-league/#.XNSMo_ZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928024715/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2018/09/annadale-mens-ey-hockey-league/#.XNSMo_ZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=28 September 2018|title=Annadale – Men's EY Hockey League preview|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|access-date=9 May 2019|date=21 September 2018}}</ref>

==Honours==
;[[Ireland men's national field hockey team|Ireland]]
*'''[[Men's FIH Hockey World League]] Round 2'''
**''Winners'': [[2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2|2015 San Diego]]
*'''[[Men's FIH Hockey World League]] Round 1'''
**''Winners'': [[2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 1|2012 Cardiff]]
*'''[[Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II]]'''
**''Winners'': [[2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II|2011]]
*'''Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier'''
**''Runners up'': [[Men's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]
;[[Annadale Hockey Club|Annadale]]
*'''[[Kirk Cup]]'''
**''Winners'': 2016
**''Runners up'': 2018
;[[Monkstown Hockey Club|Monkstown]]
*'''[[EuroHockey Club Trophy]]'''
**''Winners'': 2014
*'''[[Men's Irish Hockey League]]'''
**''Winners'': 2013–14, 2014–15
*'''[[Irish Senior Cup (men's hockey)|Irish Senior Cup]]'''
**''Winners'': 2015–16


==References==
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Latest revision as of 13:10, 25 July 2024

Peter Caruth
Personal information
Full name Peter Caruth
Born (1988-06-04) 4 June 1988 (age 36)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing position Forward/Midfielder
Youth career
19xx–20xx Campbell College
Senior career
Years Team
20xx–2012 Annadale
2012–2013 Braxgata (Belgium)
2013–2016 Monkstown
2016– Annadale
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008– Irland 148 [1] (27)
Coaching career
2016– Annadale
Medal record
Representing  Irland
EuroHockey Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 London Team

Peter Caruth (born 4 June 1988) is an Ireland men's field hockey international. He was a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. He also represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At club level he has won Men's Irish Hockey League titles and the EuroHockey Club Trophy with Monkstown and the Kirk Cup with Annadale.

Early years, family and education

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Caruth is from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was educated at Gilnahirk Primary School, Cabin Hill School and Campbell College.[2][3][4]

In 2022, Caruth came out as gay, becoming the first Irish men's international hockey player to do so.[5]

Domestic teams

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Early years

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As a youth Caruth played field hockey for both Campbell College and Annadale. The 2012–13 season saw him play for Braxgata in the Men's Belgian Hockey League.[3][6][7][8]

Monkstown

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In 2013 Caruth began playing for Monkstown in the Men's Irish Hockey League.[3][7][8] He subsequently helped Monkstown win the league title in both 2013–14 and 2014–15.[3] In the 2013–14 league final he scored twice as Monkstown defeated Banbridge 2–1.[9][10][11][12] Together with Graham Shaw and Kyle Good, Caruth was also a member of the Monkstown team that won the 2014 EuroHockey Club Trophy. He again scored in the final as Monkstown defeated HC OKS-SHVSM of Ukraine 2–0.[13][14] Caruth also played for Monkstown in the 2014–15 and the 2015–16 Euro Hockey Leagues.[15]

Annadale

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In 2016 Caruth re-joined Annadale, this time as a player/coach.[16] In 2016–17 he guided Annadale to promotion form the Ulster Senior League to the Men's Irish Hockey League.[17][18] He also scored a hat-trick as Annadale defeated Cookstown 8–1 in the Kirk Cup final.[19][20] In 2018 Caruth and Anndale again played in the Kirk Cup final but this time, they lost to Banbridge.[21]

Ireland international

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Caruth made his senior debut for Ireland in October 2008 in a 2–2 draw with Argentina.[2][3] He had previously played for Ireland A.[22] He made his major tournament debut at the 2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers.[3] Caruth was a member of the Ireland team that won the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II.[23] He also helped Ireland win Men's FIH Hockey World League tournaments in 2012[24] and 2015.[25] At the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals, Caruth made his 100th senior appearance for Ireland.[26] Caruth was also a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship.[27] He also represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[28][29][30]

Tournaments Place
2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy[31] 1st
2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers[3][32][33][34] 3rd
2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II[23] 1st
2011 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship[35] 5th
2012 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier[36][37][38] 2nd
2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 1[24] 1st
2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I[39][40][41] 3rd
2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals[42] 7th
2013 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship[43][44][45] 6th
2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2[25][46] 1st
2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals[26][47] 5th
2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship[27] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2016 Summer Olympics[28][29][30] 10th

Coach

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In addition to his role as a player/coach with Annadale, Caruth has also coached at Muckross Hockey Club and Campbell College. [3][26][48]

Honours

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Irland
Annadale
Monkstown

References

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