Tom Bertram (field hockey)
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| Born | 24 May 1977 Ashford, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Quesenbery Bertram (born 24 May 1977) is an English former field hockey player. Bertram played in two Summer Olympics for Great Britain in 2000 and 2004.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born 24 May 1977, in Ashford, Bertram was educated at Millfield School in Somerset and studied medicine at Birmingham University.[2]
Nicknamed Bertie and/or Stroker, joined Stourport for the 1995/96 season and then joined Bournville in 1997.[3]
While at Bournville and the University of Birmingham Hockey Club he made his English international debut in a friendly against Argentina in 1999 and at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament.[1][4]
Bertram left Bournville for Reading and at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament again.[5][1]
By profession Bertram is a doctor, and his international career was at times interrupted by his medical studies.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Hockey alumni". Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Retired". Birmingham Mail. 14 October 1995. Retrieved 25 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hockey: Great Britain's Olympic squad". The Scotsman. 20 July 2000. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "GB name hockey squad". BBC Sport. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
External links
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- People educated at Millfield
- English men's field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- British men's field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Alumni of the University of Birmingham
- Reading Hockey Club players
- 21st-century English sportsmen