Jonty Clarke

Jonty Clarke

Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Clarke
Born	Essex, England
Playing position	Forward
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  England Champions Trophy 2010 Mönchengladbach Team European Championship 2011 Mönchengladbach Team

Jonathan "Jonty" Clarke (born in Essex) is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward.

Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Clarke was brought up in the town of Southend and was educated at Southend High School for Boys and was a prominent hockey player there. Many have followed in Jonty's footsteps and become great players, many representing Essex.^{[citation needed]} SHSB said that they believed Jonty is the second pupil to ever represent Team GB 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.

External links

• Jonty Clarke at Olympics.com
• Jonty Clarke at Olympedia
• Jonty Clarke at Team GB
• Jonty Clarke at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Profile at GreatBritainHockey.co.uk^{[permanent dead link]}

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