Mark Precious
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| Born | 29 August 1956 (age 68) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1980 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1985 | Hounslow | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||
| England | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mark Precious (born 29 August 1956) is a former field hockey player, who won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[1]
Biography
[edit]Precious was educate at Scarborough College and studied at University College, Oxford[2] and was part of the Oxford University team that defeated Cambridge 7–0 in the 1976 varsity match.[3]
Precious joined Hounslow Hockey Club after leaving University and was selected for the England team at the 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup.[4] At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, he represented Great Britain, where he was part of the team that won a bronze medal.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ^ "Oxford at the Olympics". University of Oxford. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Varsity Match Thrashing". Cambridge Daily News. 21 February 1976. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Reading look to Hounslow next". Reading Evening Post. 6 January 1982. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Results". Sandwell Evening Mail. 2 July 1984. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
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Categories:
- 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