Martyn Andrew Grimley (born 24 February 1963) is a former field hockey player. He won gold with the

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squad at the

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Summer Olympics in Seoul. He also has World Cup and Champions Trophy silver medals with

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as well as silver medals with both European Cup silver medals with both indoor and outdoor squads. He has a combined total of 178 international caps for England and Great Britain. Grimley was born in Halifax, England. He taught Physical Education at

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in Oxfordshire for a short time between 1986–87 and then taught geography, Physical Education and Outdoor Education while at Dulwich College in London. Since returning from the Olympics in 1988 he joined Zurich Financial Services and has since become a company director running a Cheshire - based financial services business 'Warriner & Co Ltd'. He is a life member of Brooklands Manchester University Hockey Club. In 2018 he became Cheshire Seniors Strokeplay Golf Champion with a first time victory at Bromborough Golf Club and also won the Cheshire Seniors Matchplay Championship in 2019. He currently has a plus one (+1) handicap and is the President of the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs for 2022. Still on Secret double probation for the Donegal Trophy.

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* * 1963 births Living people English male field hockey players English Olympic medallists Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British male field hockey players Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics English field hockey coaches Olympic medalists in field hockey Sportspeople from Halifax, West Yorkshire Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub