Chris Grassick

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Chris Grassick
Personal information
Born (1990-11-03) 3 November 1990 (age 34)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career
YearsTeam
2008–2010 Inverleith
2010–2019 Surbiton
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2008–2018 Scotland 110 (19)
2011-2019 Great Britain 25 (4)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
European Championship II
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Vinnytsia Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Prague Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Glasgow Team

Christopher Douglas John Grassick (born 3 November 1990) is a Scottish retired international field hockey player who played as a midfielder for Scotland and Great Britain.

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Biography

Grassick, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, played club hockey Inverleith Hockey Club until joining Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division. He won a bronze medal with the Scotland team at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. [1]

He made his Great Britain debut on 5 March 2014 [2] and captained the Scotland squad that competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. [3] [4] He won a bronze medal with Scotland at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Prague [5] and won a gold medal with Scotland at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Glasgow. [6]

In 2018, Grassick went to his second Commonwealth Games after being selected to represent Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. [7]

Grassick announced his retirement from playing hockey, due to injury, on 27 September 2019. [8] [9]

References

  1. "Michael Bremner retires from international hockey". Scottish Hockey. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  2. "Great Britain Caps - Men". Scottish Hockey. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  3. "Glasgow 2014: Scotland's Commonwealth Games team". BBC Sport. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  4. "Scottish Hockey - High hopes for Scotland's hockey teams on home soil". 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  5. "Scotland Senior Men squad selected for EuroHockey Nations Championship II". Scottish Hockey. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  6. "EuroHockey Championship 2017: Scotland beat Wales in final". BBC Sport. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  7. "Gold Coast 2018 hockey squads announced". Scottish Hockey. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  8. "Chris Grassick retiring from hockey". Great Britain Hockey. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  9. "M1's Chris Grassick Retires from Hockey | Surbiton Hockey Club".