Harry Martin (field hockey)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Harry John Martin | ||
Born |
Ipswich, England | 23 October 1992||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Hampstead & Westminster | ||
Senior career | |||
Years | Team | ||
Beeston | |||
–2016 | Old Loughtonians | ||
2016–2017 | Rotterdam | ||
2017–present | Hampstead & Westminster | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–present | England & GB | 227 | (17) |
Medal record | |||
Last updated on: 10 February 2020 |
Harry John Martin (born 23 October 1992) is an English international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the England and Great Britain national team.[1]
His sister, Hannah Martin is an English international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for England and Great Britain.
Club career
Martin plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Hampstead & Westminster. He enjoyed an exciting, successful 2016–17 season playing for HC Rotterdam. Prior to that, he won the Premier League title in consecutive seasons with Beeston Hockey Club.[2]
International career
Martin made his senior debut, aged 17, for Great Britain on 3 December 2011, in a 2-1 victory win over Pakistan, in New Zealand. One year later, On 1 December 2012, he made his senior tournament debut for England in a 3-1 defeat against India, in the 2012 Champions Trophy, in Melbourne, Australia. He was the first player who has been involved in England Hockey’s Single System (long term athlete development pathway) to be selected for an Olympic Games. He played in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, the 2011 & 2012 Champions Trophy.[3] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for Great Britain in the tournament. He was also shortlisted for the FIH World Young Player of the Year Award in 2012.
References
- ^ http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=407§ion=44
- ^ http://hwhockey.club/harry-martin-joins-hwhc/
- ^ "Harry Martin". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
External links
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Ipswich
- English male field hockey players
- British male field hockey players
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Expatriate field hockey players
- English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Beeston Hockey Club players
- Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club players
- HC Rotterdam players
- Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
- Men's England Hockey League players
- English field hockey biography stubs