John Pearce (born 23 November 1987,

Poole Poole () is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Counc ...

) is a British

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

he competed with the Great Britain men's national handball team in the men's tournament. At club level, he played for Skanderborg Håndbold. He was educated at

Dumpton School Dumpton School is an independent day school in Wimborne, Dorset, South West England, for girls and boys aged 2 to 13 years. History The school was founded as a boys' preparatory school at Dumpton Park in Kent in 1903 and evacuated to Cranborn ...

, Wimbourne where he went on to Bryanston School in Dorset. He has a role with England Handball organising tournaments.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pearce, John Living people 1987 births Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Great Britain British male handball players Sportspeople from Poole