Harry Martin (field hockey)

Harry Martin
Personal information
Full name Harry John Martin
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
Club information
Current club Hurley
Senior career
Years Team
Beeston
0000–2016 Old Loughtonians
2016–2017 Rotterdam
2017–2020 Hampstead & Westminster
2021–2024 Rotterdam
2024–present Hurley
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2023 England & GB 245 (29)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  England
EuroHockey Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Amstelveen
Hockey World League
Bronze medal – third place 2012–13 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]

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

Club career

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For the 2021–22 season he returned to play club hockey in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for HC Rotterdam, for whom he enjoyed a successful 2016–17 season.[2] After three seasons he moved to Hurley.[3]

He had been playing in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Hampstead & Westminster.

Prior to that, he won the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division title in consecutive seasons with Beeston Hockey Club.[4]

International career

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Martin made his senior debut, aged 17, for Great Britain on 12 July 2010. 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.[5] 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. On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Senior Squads | England Hockey".
  2. ^ "Harry Martin keert terug naar Rotterdam". 24 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Harry Martin komt naar Hurley". hurley.nl (in Dutch). THC Hurley. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Harry Martin joins HWHC - Hampstead and Westminster Hockey Club". Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced". englandhockey.co.uk. England Hockey. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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