Jonathan "Jonty" Clarke (born in

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) is an

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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 ...

player who plays as a forward. Competing for

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and

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at numerous tournaments, he represented Great Britain in

Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held over a fourteen-day period beginning on 10 August, and culminating with the medal finals on 22 and 23 August. All games were played at the hockey field constructed on the Olympic Green ...

and at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Clarke was brought up in the town of Southend and was educated at

Southend High School for Boys (To the determined, nothing is difficult) , established = 1895 (founded), 1939 (moved to current premises) , closed = , type = Grammar school , religious_affiliation = Anglican , president ...

and was a prominent hockey player there. Many have followed in Jonty's footsteps and become great players, many representing Essex. SHSB said that they believed Jonty is the second pupil to ever represent

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at the Olympics after Mark Foster. After his performance at the 2008 Olympics, Jonty Clarke became the first accountant to win the Echo's Southend Sports Personality of the Year. He attributed his success partly to his employer BDO, for which he works for on a part-time basis.

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Profile at GreatBritainHockey.co.uk
1981 births Living people English male field hockey players British male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Rochford People educated at Southend High School for Boys Reading Hockey Club players Commonwealth Games competitors for England {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub