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Mark Pearn
Personal information
Born (1977-03-21) 21 March 1977 (age 48)
Bristol, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfield/Forward
Senior career
Years Team
1991–1995 Gloucester City
1995–2004 Reading
2004–2005 Barcelona
2005–2015 East Grinstead
2015–2016 Richmond
2016–2024 Surbiton (coach)
National team
Years Team Caps
1995–2012 England 157 (50)
1996–2012 Great Britain 89 (24)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team competition
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Padua Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Barcelona Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Gladbach Team competition

Markus Wornden Pearn (born 21 March 1977) is a male retired English field hockey player who competed at two Olympic Games.[1]

Biography

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Pearn was a member of the England and Great Britain squads, making his debut for England against the Netherlands in the 1995 Champions Trophy in Berlin. He scored his first international goal against India in the tournament to become the youngest player to score for England at just 18 years old.

Pearn played club hockey for Gloucester City before joining Reading for the 1995/1996 season.[2] It was at Reading that he gained his major honours, participating in the 1998 Commonwealth Games[3] and 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup[4] before representing Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, in the field hockey tournament.[5][6]

Still at Reading, he represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester,[7][8] the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup and went to his second Olympics at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.[9][10]

Pearn was voted UK Player of the Year by members of the Hockey Writers' Club twice, in 2000 and 2011.[11]

He initially retired in 2005 but returned to international hockey in 2011 at the age of 34 to challenge for a place in the 2012 London Olympic Games. Having played in the 2011 London Cup, the 2011 European Championship, 2011 Champions Trophy and 2012 London Olympics Test Event, he was not selected for the final Olympic squad and retired for the second time in 2013.[12][13]

Pearn later played club hockey for Barcelona, East Grinstead (player/coach) and Richmond (player/assistant coach).[14][15][16]

Pearn signed as the head coach of Surbiton men's first team in May 2016.[17] He left Surbiton at the end of the 2023/2024 season.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  2. ^ "City introduce new players". Gloucester Citizen. 7 October 1995. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Three more for England". Reading Evening Post. 5 August 1998. Retrieved 8 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Holden's team can't stop Rott". Reading Evening Post. 2 April 1998. Retrieved 8 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mark Pearn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Hockey: Great Britain's Olympic squad". The Scotsman. 20 July 2000. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Experienced hockey squad for Games". Bolton News. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Parnham in latest squad". Shropshire Star. 21 June 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "GB name hockey squad". BBC Sport. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Mark Pearn – GB Hockey". GreatBritainHockey.co.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  11. ^ "HWC PLAYERS OF THE YEAR UNVEILED". HockeyWritersClub.com. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  12. ^ "Mark Pearn announces his retirement from international hockey – Crawley News". ThisIsSussex.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  13. ^ "Great Britain hockey players announce international retirement". BBC Sport. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  14. ^ "EHL Statistics". FixturesLive.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  15. ^ "Mark Pearn announces his retirement from international hockey – Crawley News". ThisIsSussex.co.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  16. ^ "Mark Pearn | Richmond Hockey Club | South West London's Premier Hockey Club". RichmondHockeyClub.com. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  17. ^ "Surbiton Hockey Club, UK | Mark Pearn Named As Surbiton Men's Coach". SurbitonHC.com. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  18. ^ "Mark Pearn Leaves SHC After Eight Successful Seasons with Men's 1s". Surbiton Hockey Club. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
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