Harry John Martin (born 23 October 1992) is an English
field hockey
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player who plays as a midfielder for
HC Rotterdam
Hockey Club Rotterdam, commonly known as Rotterdam is a Dutch field hockey club based in Rotterdam, South Holland. It was founded on 16 September 1925.
The first men's team competes on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, which is c ...
and the
England
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and
Great Britain
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national teams.
His sister,
Hannah Martin
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is an English
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
player who plays as a midfielder or forward for
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
and
Great Britain
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.
Club career
For the 2021–22 season he returns to play club hockey in the
Dutch Hoofdklasse for
HC Rotterdam
Hockey Club Rotterdam, commonly known as Rotterdam is a Dutch field hockey club based in Rotterdam, South Holland. It was founded on 16 September 1925.
The first men's team competes on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, which is c ...
, for whom he enjoyed a successful 2016–17 season.
He had been playing in the
Men's England Hockey League
The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organized by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales.
Format Regular season
There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of twelve t ...
Premier Division for
Hampstead & Westminster.
Prior to that, he won the
Men's England Hockey League
The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organized by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales.
Format Regular season
There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of twelve t ...
Premier Division title in consecutive seasons with
Beeston Hockey Club
Beeston Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Beeston, England. The club was founded in 1907, and plays its home games at the Nottingham Hockey Centre in Nottingham. Beeston is nicknamed ''the Bees''.
The men's 1st XI plays in the Men's ...
.
International career
Martin made his senior debut, aged 17, for
Great Britain
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on 12 July 2010. One year later, On 1 December 2012, he made his senior tournament debut for
England
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in a 3–1 defeat against
India
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, in the
2012 Champions Trophy, in
Melbourne
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, 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
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, he competed for
Great Britain
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in the
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
. 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.
References
External links
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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 2020 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
2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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