Harry Martin (field hockey) explained

Harry Martin
Full Name:Harry John Martin
Birth Date:23 October 1992
Birth Place:Ipswich, England
Height:1.84 m
Weight:81 kg
Position:Midfielder
Currentclub:Hurley
Clubs1:Beeston
Years2:–2016
Clubs2:Old Loughtonians
Years3:2016–2017
Clubs3:Rotterdam
Years4:2017–2020
Clubs4:Hampstead & Westminster
Years5:2021–2024
Clubs5:Rotterdam
Years6:2024–present
Clubs6:Hurley
Nationalyears1:2010–2023
Nationalteam1:England & GB
Nationalcaps1:245
Nationalgoals1:29

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

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

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. 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.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senior Squads | England Hockey.
  2. Web site: Harry Martin keert terug naar Rotterdam. 24 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Harry Martin komt naar Hurley . hurley.nl . THC Hurley . 4 July 2024 . nl.
  4. Web site: Harry Martin joins HWHC - Hampstead and Westminster Hockey Club . 2017-07-18 . 2020-01-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200102123055/http://hwhockey.club/harry-martin-joins-hwhc/ . dead .
  5. Web site: England Squads For 2021 EuroHockey Championships Announced . englandhockey.co.uk . . 28 May 2021 . 28 May 2021.