Sean Kerly
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Sean Robin Kerly Template:Postnominals (born 29 January 1960) is an English former field hockey player who competed at three Olympic Games and won a gold medal in 1988.[1]
Biography
Kerly was born in Whitstable and was educated at Chatham House Grammar School in Ramsgate.[2]
He played club hockey for Southgate Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League[3] and in 1981, he made his England senior international debut.[2]
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he helped Great Britain secure the bronze medal.[4] Kerly scored the winning goal in the bronze medal match in LA against Australia (3-2). The success is attributed as having revived interest in hockey in Britain. Two years later, at the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup,[5] Britain won the silver medal on home ground in London, with Kerly scoring four goals in the tournament.[2][6][7][8]
After scoring a hat-trick against Pakistan in the 1987 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and eight goals in one game during the 1987 European Club Cup he entered the 1988 Olympics as a well-known name in Britain.[2] In 1988, he was a member of the gold medal-winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He scored a hat-trick in the semi-final against Australia before Britain defeated West Germany 3–1 in the final, with Kerly scoring once and Imran Sherwani twice.[2]
Still at Southgate, he represented England at the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup[9] but made a surprise transfer to Canterbury Hockey Club for the 1991/92 season.[10] He then represented Great Britain for the third time at the Olympics, participating at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.[11]
Since retirement, he has also been involved in commentary for international hockey coverage on national television.[12][13]
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