Mark Precious (born 29 August 1956) is a former field hockey player, who won the bronze medal at the

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Biography

Precious was educate at

Scarborough College Scarborough College is a private coeducational day and boarding school aged 3–18 years in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1898 and opened in 1901. The school has been an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School ...

and studied at

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and was part of the Oxford University team that defeated Cambridge 7–0 in the 1976 varsity match. Precious joined

Hounslow Hockey Club Hounslow Hockey Club was a field hockey club based at Duke's Meadows, Chiswick, West London and was formed in 1901, initially playing at a variety of locations in the Hounslow Area until becoming a section of Hounslow Cricket and Sports Club, si ...

after leaving University and was selected for the England team at the

1982 Men's Hockey World Cup The 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup was the fifth edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. The event took place from 29 December 1981 to 12 January 1982 in Mumb ...

. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, he represented

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, where he was part of the team that won a bronze medal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Precious, Mark 1956 births Living people British male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in field hockey Sportspeople from Scarborough, North Yorkshire People educated at Scarborough College Alumni of University College, Oxford Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics