Jon Bleby

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Jon Bleby
Personal information
Born (1979-09-11) 11 September 1979 (age 45)
Torquay, England
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing position Defender
Senior career
YearsTeam
2002–2009 Loughborough Students
National team
YearsTeamCaps
–2009 GB 37
2001–2009 England 54

Jonathan David Bleby (born 11 September 1979) is a former international field hockey player who played as a defender for England and Great Britain and appeared at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Biography

Bleby made his England debut against Poland in 2001. [2]

Bleby played club hockey for Loughborough Students in the Men's England Hockey League and while at Loughborough he represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne [3] [4] and represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in the field hockey tournament. [5]

By the time Bleby retired from international hockey in 2009, he had won 54 caps representing England and 37 caps representing Great Britain. [6] [2]

He took up coaching and was the coach of his club side Loughborough Students but in 2013, he left Loughborough at the same time as fellow coach David Ralph as the pair took appointments with England Hockey as an assistant coaches. They were replaced by Jerome Goudie. [7]

In 2016 he became England coach after stepping up from being the England U21 men's head coach. In 2022 and 2023 Bleby was head coach of the Great Britain men's national field hockey team. [8]

He now works for Independent Coach Education, the leading provider of coach education in the UK.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". greatbritainhockey.co.uk.
  2. 1 2 "Bleby quits international hockey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Surbiton seven in medals quest". Surrey Comet. 16 March 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Melbourne 2006 Team". Team England. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Jon Bleby". Team GB. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Goudie Selected as New Men's Hockey Head Coach". LSU Media. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "GB Men's Elite Development Programme Squad Announced For 2023". Great Britain Hockey. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
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