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| Born | 19 November 1963 Paddington, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1982–1999 | Hounslow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Great Britain | 126 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| England | 108 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jonathan Nicholas Mark Potter (born 19 November 1963) is a former field hockey player who was a member of the gold-winning Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1] After his playing career he became the managing director of House of Suntory and Maison Courvoisier at Suntory Global Spirits.
Biography
[edit]Potter was born in Paddington, Greater London, in an Anglo-Indian family and brought up in Slough, England.[2][3] He attended Burnham Grammar School from 1976 to 1982, and represented England Schoolboys at field hockey.[citation needed] Potter graduated from Southampton University in 1986 with a BA (Hons) in geography, and attended Aston Business School (1986–87) to obtain his MBA.[3]
Potter represented Great Britain and England in field hockey. He competed in three Olympic Games,[4] earning a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[5] and winning a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[6]
In total Potter won 126 caps for Great Britain and 108 caps for England, scoring 41 international goals. He competed in three World Cups, winning a silver medal at the Hockey World Cup in 1986 in London, and in three European Cups, winning silver in Moscow (1987) and bronze in Paris (1991). Potter was also part of the bronze medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the 1984 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Karachi, Pakistan and the silver medal winning team the following year at the 1985 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Perth, Australia.[7]
He played club hockey with Hounslow Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League, where he helped them win the European Cup Winners Cup in 1990 and won the Hockey Association Cup four times as well as the National League title twice.[8]
He broke Richard Leman's record of 228 Great Britain and England appearances in November 1994.[9]He retired from international hockey in 1995[10] and was a board member of England Hockey Ltd from 2003 to 2007.[11]
In 2006, he unveiled the new Teddington HC clubhouse along with former teammate Jason Laslett.[12] In December 2024, he joined the board of directors for USA Field Hockey.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympic cloud". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 2 October 1988. Retrieved 19 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "When Anglo-Indians were kings in hockey". The Asian Age. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Jon Potter". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jon Potter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ "Remembering the boys of 86 – Sports Journalists' Association". sportsjournalists.co.uk. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Champions Trophy". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Hounslow & Ealing Hockey Club : Club History". hounslow.uklinux.net. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Results". Birmingham Daily Post. 25 November 1994. Retrieved 20 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Potter retires". Kent Evening Post. 20 June 1995. Retrieved 14 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Roger Self, Great Britain's 1988 gold medal-winning hockey manager, dies aged 77". The Hockey Paper. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ "Its jolly hockey sticks to successful club". Richmond and Twickeham Times. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ "USA Field Hockey Announces New Board of Directors Members & Concluded Terms". USA Field Hockey. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
External links
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- English male field hockey players
- English Olympic competitors
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- British male field hockey players
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Alumni of the University of Southampton
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- British people of Anglo-Indian descent
- People educated at Burnham Grammar School
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players
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| Born | 19 November 1963 Paddington, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | Maidenhead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1999 | Hounslow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 126 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| England | 108 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jonathan Nicholas Mark Potter (born 19 November 1963) is a former field hockey player who was a member of the gold-winning Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1] After his playing career he became the managing director of House of Suntory and Maison Courvoisier at Suntory Global Spirits.
Biography
Potter was born in Paddington, Greater London, in an Anglo-Indian family and brought up in Slough, England.[2][3] He attended Burnham Grammar School from 1976 to 1982, and represented England Schoolboys at field hockey.[citation needed] Potter graduated from Southampton University in 1986 with a BA (Hons) in geography, and attended Aston Business School (1986–87) to obtain his MBA.[3]
Potter represented Great Britain and England in field hockey. He competed in three Olympic Games,[4] earning a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[5] and winning a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[6]
In total Potter won 126 caps for Great Britain and 108 caps for England, scoring 41 international goals. He competed in three World Cups, winning a silver medal at the Hockey World Cup in 1986 in London, and in three European Cups, winning silver in Moscow (1987) and bronze in Paris (1991). Potter was also part of the bronze medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the 1984 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Karachi, Pakistan and the silver medal winning team the following year at the 1985 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Perth, Australia.[7]
He played club hockey with Hounslow Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League, where he helped them win the European Cup Winners Cup in 1990 and won the Hockey Association Cup four times as well as the National League title twice.[8]
He broke Richard Leman's record of 228 Great Britain and England appearances in November 1994.[9]He retired from international hockey in 1995[10] and was a board member of England Hockey Ltd from 2003 to 2007.[11]
In 2006, he unveiled the new Teddington HC clubhouse along with former teammate Jason Laslett.[12] In December 2024, he joined the board of directors for USA Field Hockey.[13]
References
- ^ "Olympic cloud". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 2 October 1988. Retrieved 19 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "When Anglo-Indians were kings in hockey". The Asian Age. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Jon Potter". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jon Potter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ "Remembering the boys of 86 – Sports Journalists' Association". sportsjournalists.co.uk. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Champions Trophy". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Hounslow & Ealing Hockey Club : Club History". hounslow.uklinux.net. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Results". Birmingham Daily Post. 25 November 1994. Retrieved 20 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Potter retires". Kent Evening Post. 20 June 1995. Retrieved 14 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Roger Self, Great Britain's 1988 gold medal-winning hockey manager, dies aged 77". The Hockey Paper. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ "Its jolly hockey sticks to successful club". Richmond and Twickeham Times. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ "USA Field Hockey Announces New Board of Directors Members & Concluded Terms". USA Field Hockey. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
External links
- Jon Potter at Olympics.com
- Jon Potter at Team GB
- Jon Potter at Olympedia
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