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| Full name | Martyn Andrew Grimley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24 February 1963 Halifax, West Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martyn Andrew Grimley (born 24 February 1963) is a former field hockey player.
He won gold with the Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He also has World Cup and Champions Trophy silver medals with England as well as silver medals with both European Cup silver medals with both indoor and outdoor squads. He has a combined total of 178 international caps for England and Great Britain.[1][2]
Grimley was born in Halifax, England. He taught Physical Education at Banbury School in Oxfordshire for a short time between 1986–87 and then taught geography, Physical Education and Outdoor Education while at Dulwich College in London. Since returning from the Olympics in 1988 he joined Zurich Financial Services and has since become a company director running a Cheshire - based financial services business 'Warriner & Co Ltd'.[citation needed] He is a life member of Brooklands Manchester University Hockey Club.[3]
In 2018 he became Cheshire Seniors Strokeplay Golf Champion with a first time victory at Bromborough Golf Club and also won the Cheshire Seniors Matchplay Championship in 2019. He currently has a plus one (+1) handicap and is the President of the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs for 2022.
Still on Secret double probation for the Donegal Trophy.
