Mary Nevill (field hockey)

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Mary Nevill
Personal information
Full name Mary Elizabeth Nevill
Born (1961-03-12) 12 March 1961 (age 64)
Gawsworth, Cheshire, England
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Team
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
European Nations Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Brussels Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 London Team

Mary Elizabeth Nevill OBE (born 12 March 1961 in Gawsworth, Cheshire, England) is a British former field hockey player.

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Early life

As Mary Cheetham, she lived in Nettleham, and attended the De Aston Grammar School, [1] [2] [3] arriving from Macclesfield in 1974. [4]

She played for Lincoln hockey club. [5] and also threw the javelin, [6] and jumped hurdles. [7] She was picked for the England junior hockey team in March 1978. [8] She played for the county hockey team as centre forward. [9] She gained three A levels in August 1979. [10]

Career

Hockey

In October 1980, she was picked for the England U23 team. [11] In March 1982 she was chosen to captain the England U21 team, [12] and the England U22 team in October 1982. [13] She was picked for the England team in February 1985, to play against Wales. [14]

She became the England captain in July 1989. [15]

Nevill captained the Great Britain squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics. [16]

Nevill has played club hockey for Leicester.

Lecturer

After her international career Nevill, as a senior lecturer at the Loughborough University, researched in the area of muscle metabolism during maximum sprint and intermittent exercise with a particular interest in the aetiology of fatigue. She also stayed actively involved in the sport of field hockey, and the former Great Britain women's captain for a while was coach to the England U21 Women's Squad. Besides that, Nevill was director of Institute of Youth Sport.

Nevill is currently Professor and a former Head of Department of Sport Science in the School of Science and Technology at Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England.

Personal life

She married on Saturday 9 July 1988. [17]

Nevill was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to Sport and Sports Science.

References

  1. ↑ Louth Standard Friday 30 September 1988, page 10
  2. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Saturday 1 October 1988, page 6
  3. ↑ Market Rasen Weekly Mail Friday 21 June 1991, page 33
  4. ↑ Market Rasen Weekly Mail Friday 2 October 1992
  5. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Thursday 11 December 1975, page 16
  6. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Monday 27 June 1977, page 9
  7. ↑ Skegness Standard Friday 7 July 1978
  8. ↑ Horncastle News Thursday 9 March 1978
  9. ↑ Lincolnshire Standard Friday 12 January 1979, page 17
  10. ↑ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Friday 24 August 1979,
  11. ↑ Skegness Standard Friday 3 October 1980, page 8
  12. ↑ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Friday 19 March 1982, page 32
  13. ↑ Lincolnshire Free Press Tuesday 5 October 1982, page 20
  14. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Friday 1 February 1985, page 22
  15. ↑ Market Rasen Weekly Mail Saturday 1 July 1989, page 1
  16. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mary Nevill". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  17. ↑ Market Rasen Weekly Mail Saturday 16 July 1988, page 28
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