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Nicholas Catlin

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Nick Catlin
Personal information
Born (1989-04-08) 8 April 1989 (age 36)
Marlow, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career
Years Team
2007–2008 Reading
2008–2011 Loughborough
2011–2012 Reading
2012–2013 Racing Bruxelles
2013–2014 Reading
2014–2016 Holcombe
2016–2017 East Grinstead
2017–2018 Rotterdam
2018–2021 Beerschot
2022–2023 East Grinstead
2023–present Henley
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2009–2016 England & GB 348
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Team
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2010 Mönchengladbach
Hockey World League
Bronze medal – third place 2012–13 New Delhi Team

Nicholas Andrew Catlin (born 8 April 1989) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Biography

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Catlin is from Marlow, and attended John Hampden Grammar School.[1]

Catlin started playing club hockey for Reading, initially as a junior and then senior in 2007. He joined Loughborough Students' the following season in 2008 and made his international debut in 2009[1] and played in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[2]

He had two more spells with Reading, sandwiched by a season playing in Belgium. Catlin competed for the Great Britain national team at the 2012 Olympic Games[3][4][5] and won a bronze medal with the England team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, scoring a penalty in the shootout against New Zealand which decided the bronze medal match.[6][7]

In September 2014, he switched to play for Holcombe[8] before representing Great Britain at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[9] After the Olympics he joined East Grinstead.[10] He also played for Racing Bruxelles in Belgium.[1]

He joined Rotterdam in the Dutch Hoofdklasse in 2017[11] but after one season he left Rotterdam and he returned to Belgium to play for Beerschot.[12]

Catlin returned to East Grinstead in 2022 and then moved to Henley Hockey Club.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Nick Catlin - GB Hockey". greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Mantells go back to India with England". Berkshire Live. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  3. ^ "London 2012: GB confirms its men's hockey squad". GBR Athletics. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Nicholas Catlin". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nick Catlin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Nick Catlin Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Men's Bronze Medal Match". g2014results.thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Wimbledon Hockey Club hungry to make championship finals after recruiting 'strong' team". South West Londoner. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Team GB name hockey squads for summer Olympics in Rio". Sky Sports. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  10. ^ "EHL statistics". FixturesLive.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  11. ^ "Rotterdam versterkt selectie met jeugd en internationals uit Spanje en Engeland" (in Dutch). 28 June 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Transferts : deux nouvelles arrivées au Bee" (in French). 8 May 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Nick Catlin - Henley Hockey Club Men's 1s". henley Hockey Club. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
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