Jonty Robinson is a South African

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player At the

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, he competed for the

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in the

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. Made his Debut for South Africa in 2009 against Germany in Bloemfontein. He went to school at Fish Hoek Primary School and then

Wynberg Boys' High School Wynberg Boys' High School is a public English medium boys high school situated in the suburb of Wynberg of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Founded in 1841, it is one of the best academic schools in Cape Town, it is the ...

. He then went onto study at the

University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was ...

. He has played for South African Men's hockey team 115 times and the South Africa Indoor Hockey team 3 times. Participated in numerous international top-level tournaments including the

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, New Delhi World Cup in 2010, Den Haag World Cup in 2014 and Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014. Part of the winning SA team at the African Championship FIH International tournaments for the years 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. An accomplished international club hockey career playing for Braxgata HC and RTHC Gantoise in

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, as well as a player and coach for

Southgate Hockey Club Southgate Hockey Club is a field hockey club based at Southgate Hockey Centre in Trent Park, near Oakwood in London. The men's 1st XI play in the Men's England Hockey League. The club has 9 men's sides, 5 ladies' sides and a large junior sectio ...

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. He also played for

Holcombe Hockey Club Holcombe Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Rochester, Kent, England. The home ground is located at Holcombe Park, where there is a water-based pitch, a sand-based pitch and a clubhouse. The club was formed in 1999/2000 from a merger o ...

and competed at the Round of 32 in the EHL in 2016 in Cooks Town. Has played for Riverside Hockey Clubs men's 1st team for many years and was part of the winning Belgotex Elite Club Challenge team twice. Jonty is currently the: *Performance Trainer for the KZN Olympic Hockey Squad *Training Director of Glenwood Boys High School *Performance Director at Riverside Hockey Club *Alongside his playing career, Jonty is an accomplished SAHA level 3 qualified coach. His brother Keagan Robinson also is an international hockey player.

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* * * * * 1986 births Living people South African people of British descent South African male field hockey players German male indoor hockey players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Olympic field hockey players for South Africa Alumni of Wynberg Boys' High School University of Pretoria alumni 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players {{SouthAfrica-fieldhockey-bio-stub