SLOAN Ian Martin

Date of Birth: 19 Nov 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.80/5'10''

Place of birth: COOKSTOWN

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : MARLOW

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Hockey	Men GBR Great Britain	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Pool B #M05 GBR Great Britain 3 RSA South Africa 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Pool B #M12 GBR Great Britain 3 CAN Canada 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Men's Pool B #M16 GER Germany 5 GBR Great Britain 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Men's Pool B #M24 NED Netherlands 2 GBR Great Britain 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Men's Pool B #M30 BEL Belgium 2 GBR Great Britain 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Quarter-final #M33 IND India 3 GBR Great Britain 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2018	Bhubaneswar, IND

FIH Pro League

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2019
6	Men	2020

EuroHockey Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2017	Amstelveen, NED
4	Men	2021	Amsterdam, NED
5	Men	2019	Antwerp, BEL

Coaching hockey. (englandhockey.co.uk, 16 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Business Owner, Coach

Accounting, Finance - Loughborough University, Great Britain

Languages spoken:

Wimbledon [London, GBR]

Danny Kerry [national], GBR

Position style:

Forward (belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 03 Dec 2020)

Sporting relatives:

His father Martin played international hockey for Ireland and Great Britain and captained the Irish team for 10 years. His mother Adele also played international hockey for Ireland. (Loughborough University, 30 Jun 2016; belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 22 Apr 2014)

Prior to early 2015 he had spent around two years out with a range of injuries including a hamstring tear, followed by a stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his left foot, a re-fracture of the same bone that required an operation and then another hamstring strain. (belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 22 Apr 2015)

National league:

Premier Division [ENG] (surbitonhc.com, 24 Oct 2020)

He followed his father into the sport. (Loughborough University, 30 Jun 2016)

To become an international coach when he stops playing. (belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 03 Dec 2020)

Philosophy:

"I try not to think too far ahead, instead focusing on what I can do on a daily basis to keep on improving." (lboro.ac.uk, 01 May 2016)

General Interest

General
COACHING PASSION
Alongside Great Britain hockey teammate Ed Horler he runs '5-Yards', a hockey coaching organisation that delivers elite training camps, masterclasses, club sessions and one-to-one coaching. Coaching at elite level is something he aspires to do as a future career. "To be totally honest, in terms of my personal career as a coach, I would love to be an international coach. I really would love to coach England and Great Britain in the future. I've been coaching at Wycombe Hockey Club for six seasons now and I've recently taken on the role of player-assistant at Wimbledon which is really cool. I'm a bit of a hockey nerd so I love the tactical part of it, the thinking of how to improve people's technique and making sessions really fun but competitive so people can enjoy hockey as much as I do. As everyone knows, we aren't on a footballer's wage, so we have to have something to do when we retire and it's good to have another side project to balance things out. (belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 03 Dec 2020; Twitter team profile, 18 Nov 2020; 5-yards.co.uk, 01 Jan 2020)

REPRESENTING GREAT BRITAIN
He made 21 appearances for Ireland before making the decision to switch allegiances to represent Great Britain in January 2013. The resignation of then Ireland coach Paul Revington and a desire to play on the world stage contributed to his decision to represent Great Britain. He was forced to sit out three years of international hockey, starting in April 2012, before he could make his debut in 2015. "Both on a personal level and on a sporting level, it is [a decision] that I feel is right for me and for my future in the sport. The sequence of events that have occurred since the departure of former coach Paul Revington have made me question the probability of sustained success for the Ireland team, and also the likelihood of the team consistently competing in major world and European level competitions over the next 12 years." (greatbritainhockey.co.uk, 14 May 2015; belfasttelegraph.co.uk, 22 Apr 2014; hookhockey.com, 03 Jan 2013)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005969834989
https://instagram.com/iansloan11
Team Instagram: https://instagram.com/5yards
https://twitter.com/iansloan_11
Twitter Team Profile: https://twitter.com/5_yards
Team Website: https://www.5-yards.co.uk

Legend

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

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