Nicholas Andrew Catlin (born 8 April 1989) is an English

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player who plays as a midfielder. He competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

Biography

Catlin is from Marlow, and attended John Hampden Grammar School. Catlin started playing club hockey for

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, 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 and played in the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 201 ...

in Delhi. 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 The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and won a bronze medal with the England team at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

, scoring a penalty in the shootout against New Zealand which decided the bronze medal match. In September 2014, he switched to play for Holcombe before representing Great Britain at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. After the Olympics he joined

East Grinstead East Grinstead () is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the northeast corner of the county, bord ...

. He also played for Racing Bruxelles in Belgium. He joined

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in the Dutch Hoofdklasse in 2017 but after one season he left Rotterdam and he returned to Belgium to play for

Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen (), or simply Beerschot, is a Belgian professional football club located in Antwerp, that competes in the top tier Pro League after promotion from second tier in 2023–24 season. In 2013, KFCO Wil ...

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Catlin, Nicholas 1989 births Living people English male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey Loughborough Students field hockey players Holcombe Hockey Club players East Grinstead Hockey Club players Reading Hockey Club players People educated at John Hampden Grammar School Royal Beerschot THC players Men's Belgian Hockey League players HC Rotterdam players English expatriate field hockey players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Royal Racing Club Bruxelles players Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportsmen