Stephen James "Steve" Batchelor (born 22 June 1961) is an English former

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player.

International career

Batchelor was a gold medal winning

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squad member in the

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in Seoul, setting up

Imran Sherwani Imran Ahmed Khan Sherwani (born 9 April 1962) is a former English international field hockey player. International career Sherwani won gold with the Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He played on the left wing, and scor ...

in the final against

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. Four years earlier he won Bronze at the 1984 Olympics in

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. He also won silver with the

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squad at the 1986 Hockey World Cup. Batchelor played international hockey for twelve years before retiring after the

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Summer Olympics.

Club career

Batchelor has played club hockey 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 ...

and

East Grinstead East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the extreme northeast of the county, the civ ...

Personal life

Batchelor was born in

Beare Green Capel () is a village and civil parish in southern Surrey, England. It is equidistant between Dorking and Horsham – about away. Around Capel, to the west, skirts the A24 road. Capel is approximately north of the West Sussex border, south ...

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. He is head of admissions at

Cranleigh School Cranleigh School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) in the village of Cranleigh, Surrey. History It was opened on 29 September 1865 as a boys' school 'to provide a sound and plain education, on the principles o ...

, and coaches the U14 boys and girls hockey teams. He lives in Cranleigh with his four children, including Meg Batchelor International Professional Hockey Star and wife Jackie-Bae.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Batchelor, Stephen 1961 births Living people English male field hockey players English Olympic medallists Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Surrey People educated at Millfield Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics East Grinstead Hockey Club players Southgate Hockey Club players Olympic medalists in field hockey