PEARSON Mark Alistair John

Date of Birth: 18 Jun 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.81/5'11''

Place of birth: VANCOUVER, BC

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : VANCOUVER, BC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Hockey	Men CAN Canada	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Men's Pool B #M06 CAN Canada 1 GER Germany 7	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Pool B #M12 GBR Great Britain 3 CAN Canada 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Pool B #M18 NED Netherlands 4 CAN Canada 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Men's Pool B #M22 BEL Belgium 9 CAN Canada 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Men's Pool B #M26 CAN Canada 4 RSA South Africa 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Men	2008	Beijing, CHN
11	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Men	2018	Bhubaneswar, IND
11	Men	2010	New Delhi, IND

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2019	Lima, PER

Marky, Pearso (olympic.ca, 26 Jul 2019)

Golf, fishing, tennis, playing fantasy football. (olympic.ca, 26 Jul 2019)

Occupation:

History - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CAN

Languages spoken:

English, German

Pasha Gademan [national], NED

Position style:

Midfielder (fieldhockey.ca, 18 Feb 2016)

Right (fieldhockey.ca, 19 Aug 2010)

2005 for Canada Against Scotland, in Vancouver, Canada (fieldhockey.ca, 19 Aug 2010)

He has been affected by a chronic heel spur injury during his career. (gc2018.com, 13 Apr 2018)

He has sustained a serious Achilles tendon injury during his career. (teamusa.org, 21 Jul 2020)

He has had a broken left finger that required two operations to repair. (gc2018.com, 13 Apr 2018)

He started playing hockey at age six. (fieldhockey.ca, 19 Aug 2010)

"Both of my parents played and it was the perfect marriage of soccer and ice hockey, two other sports I played growing up." (gc2018.com, 13 Apr 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (teamusa.org, 21 Jul 2020)

Canadian hockey player Rob Short. (olympic.ca, 26 Jul 2019)

Canadian hockey player Rob Short. (gc2018.com, 13 Apr 2018)

Before a game he tapes three white stripes on his stick below the grip. (olympic.ca, 26 Jul 2019)

Philosophy:

"Practice makes perfect." (olympic.ca, 26 Jul 2019)

He was named in the 2013 Pan American Cup All-Star team. (markpearson19.wordpress.com, 22 Jan 2014)

In 2012 he won the Field Hockey BC Player of the Year award. (fieldhockeybc.com, 10 Oct 2012)

He won the British Columbia Premier's Athletic Award for achievement in hockey for the 2004/05 season. (Field Hockey BC, 12 Apr 2006)

General Interest

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee's athletes' commission. (nationalpost.com, 02 Apr 2018)

STUDIES
After completing a degree in history from the University of British Columbia, he also achieved a master's in sports management from the Johan Cruyff Institute in Barcelona, Spain. (LinkedIn profile, 21 Mar 2016)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/markajp
https://instagram.com/markajp19/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markpearson19
https://twitter.com/Markajp19
Athlete Website: http://www.markpearson19.wordpress.com

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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