Tom Bertram (field hockey)

For the Mansfield Park character, see Thomas Bertram. For the German footballer, see Tom Bertram (footballer).

Tom Bertram
Personal information
Born (1977-05-24) 24 May 1977
Ashford, Surrey, England
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Senior career
Years Team
1995–1997 Stourport
1997–2002 Bournville
2002–2007 Reading
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
GB & England
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  England
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Padua Team

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

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.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Hockey alumni". Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Retired". Birmingham Mail. 14 October 1995. Retrieved 25 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Hockey: Great Britain's Olympic squad". The Scotsman. 20 July 2000. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "GB name hockey squad". BBC Sport. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
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