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Harry Martin (field hockey)

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Harry Martin
Personal information
Born (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 32)
Ipswich, England
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career
Years Team
2008–2009 Ipswich
2009–2012 Old Loughtonians
2012–2016 Beeston
2016–2017 Rotterdam
2017–2020 Hampstead & Westminster
2021–2024 Rotterdam
2024–present Hurley
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2010–2023 England & GB 245 (29)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  England
EuroHockey Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Amstelveen Team
Hockey World League
Bronze medal – third place 2014 New Delhi Team
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Team

Harry John Martin (born 23 October 1992) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Hurley. He played a total of 245 matches for the England and Great Britain national teams from 2011 until 2024.[1] He competed at three Olympic Games in 2012, 2016 and 2020.

His sister, Hannah Martin is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for England and Great Britain.

Biography

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Martin was born in Ipswich and educated at Ipswich School. He first played club hockey for Ipswich Hockey Club before moving to Old Loughtonians.[2] While at Old Loughtonians, Martin made his senior debut, aged 17, for Great Britain on 12 July 2010 and played in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[3][4] 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. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for Great Britain in the tournament.[5] He was also shortlisted for the FIH World Young Player of the Year Award in 2012.

After the 2012 Olympics he left Old Loughtonians for Beeston,[6] where he won the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division title in consecutive seasons in 2012–13 and 2013–14.[7]

Martin represented England in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where he won a bronze medal[8] and represented Great Britain at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[9] After the Olympics he left Beeston to play in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for Rotterdam before joining Hampstead & Westminster from 2017. He participated in his second Olympics in 2016 and represented England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[10]

On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship[11] and was selected as reserve for the Great Britain squad for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[12]

For the 2021–22 season he returned to play club hockey for HC Rotterdam.[13] After three seasons with Rotterdam he moved to fellow Dutch club Hurley.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
  2. ^ "Ipswich hockey star Harry Martin fired up again following lengthy Olympics comedown". East Anglian Daily Times. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Mantells go back to India with England". Berkshire Live. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "London 2012: GB confirms its men's hockey squad". GBR Athletics. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Interview: Adam Dixon and Harry Martin from Beeston Hockey Club". Left Lion. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Harry Martin joins HWHC - Hampstead and Westminster Hockey Club". Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014: England's team". BBC Sport. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Team GB name hockey squads for summer Olympics in Rio". Sky Sports. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Men's hockey team ready for Gold Coast challenge". England Hockey. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  11. ^ "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Team GB hockey: 21 players to make Olympic debuts as men's and women's squads are named". Sky Sports. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Harry Martin keert terug naar Rotterdam". 24 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Harry Martin komt naar Hurley". hurley.nl (in Dutch). THC Hurley. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
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