Richard Smith (field hockey)

Richard Christopher Michael Wijtenburg-Smith (born 28 September 1987) is an English field hockey coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Dutch Hoofdklasse club HDM.

International career
Smith made his international debut in 2009. He competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He also won gold at the 2009 EuroHockey Championship with England.

Club career
He has played club hockey for Hampstead & Westminster, Loughborough, Guildford and City of Portsmouth, as well as for Racing Club de Bruxelles in Belgium. On 16 June 2020, it was announced he joined Klein Zwitserland in The Hague for the 2020–21 season as he moved to the Netherlands. After one season in The Hague he retired from playing top-level hockey.

Coaching career
After his retirement, he became the assistant coach of his former team at Klein Zwitserland. In 2024 he was appointed as the head coach of HDM.