Peter McKibbin

Peter McKibbin (born 19 March 1997) is a field hockey player from Northern Ireland.

Personal life McKibbin grew up in Comber, a town in County Down, Northern Ireland.

He is an alumnus of Regent House School and Ulster University, holding a degree in sport and exercise science from the latter.

Field hockey Domestic league McKibbin currently competes in the Irish Hockey League, where he plays for Lisnagarvey Hockey Club. He has also represented the side in the Euro Hockey League, the top club competition hosted by the European Hockey Federation.

He also previously competed in the German Bundesliga for Großflottbeker.

Under–21 Between 2014 and 2017, McKibbin represented the Ireland U–21 team. Appearing for the team sporadically, he made his final junior appearances at the 2017 EuroHockey U–21 Championship in Valencia, where the team finished in seventh place.

Senior national team McKibbin made his senior international debut for Ireland in 2019. He earned his first senior international cap in a test match against Scotland in Glasgow. Since then, he has been a regular inclusion in the national squad, winning another two medals on two more occasions. He took home silver at the inaugural edition of the FIH Nations Cup in Potchefstroom in 2022, as well as gold at the 2023 edition of the EuroHockey Championship II in Dublin. Later that year, he officially became an Olympian. He competed in the field hockey competition for Team Ireland at the Olympic Games in Paris.

He has appeared in seasons five and six of the FIH Pro League, and has been named to represent the national team at the 2025 EuroHockey Championship II in Lousada.