Christopher Douglas John Grassick (born 3 November 1990) is a Scottish retired international field hockey player who played as a midfielder for Scotland and Great Britain.
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| Born | 3 November 1990 Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editGrassick, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, played club hockey Inverleith Hockey Club until joining Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division. He won a bronze medal with the Scotland team at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.[1]
He made his Great Britain debut on 5 March 2014[2] and captained the Scotland squad that competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[3][4] He won a bronze medal with Scotland at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Prague[5] and won a gold medal with Scotland at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Glasgow.[6]
In 2018, Grassick went to his second Commonwealth Games after being selected to represent Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.[7]
Grassick announced his retirement from playing hockey, due to injury, on 27 September 2019.[8][9]
References
edit- ↑ "Michael Bremner retires from international hockey". Scottish Hockey. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ↑ "Great Britain Caps - Men". Scottish Hockey. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014: Scotland's Commonwealth Games team". BBC Sport. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ↑ "Scottish Hockey - High hopes for Scotland's hockey teams on home soil". 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ↑ "Scotland Senior Men squad selected for EuroHockey Nations Championship II". Scottish Hockey. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ↑ "EuroHockey Championship 2017: Scotland beat Wales in final". BBC Sport. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ↑ "Gold Coast 2018 hockey squads announced". Scottish Hockey. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ↑ "Chris Grassick retiring from hockey". Great Britain Hockey. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ↑ "M1's Chris Grassick Retires from Hockey | Surbiton Hockey Club".
External links
edit- Chris Grassick at the International Hockey Federation
- Chris Grassick at Team Scotland
- Chris Grassick at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Christopher Grassick at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
