Bobby Crutchley

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Bobby Crutchley
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1970-05-24) 24 May 1970 (age 53)
Wirral Peninsula, North West England
Sport
SportField Hockey
ClubNeston
Hounslow
Canberra Lakers
Cannock
Cernusco, Milan
Team Bath Buccaneers
Medal record
field hockey
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team

Robert 'Bobby' Crutchley (born 24 May 1970 on the Wirral Peninsula) is a performance coach developer at British Gymnastics and former male English field hockey coach & player.

Hockey career[edit]

Crutchley represented England and Great Britain, winning 80 international caps. He played for England at the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup and at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, where he won a bronze medal in the men's hockey.[1]

Coaching career[edit]

He was Assistant Coach for the England & Great Britain men's teams from 2005 to 2012 and Head Coach from 2013 to 2018. During this time he coached at 3 Olympic Games, 3 World Cups, 7 European Championships and 4 Commonwealth Games.[2][3]

Gymnastics[edit]

He was appointed Performance Coach Developer at British Gymnastics in 2018.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  2. ^ "Meet the hockey squads heading to Rio 2016!". Team GB. 28 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Bobby Crutchley quits England Hockey men's coaching role". The Hockey Paper.
  4. ^ "Bobby Crutchley appointed Performance Coach Developer". British Gymnastics.