Robert 'Bobby' Crutchley (born 24 May 1970 on the Wirral Peninsula) is a performance coach developer at British Gymnastics and former male English field hockey coach & player.
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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1970 Wirral Peninsula, North West England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field Hockey | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Neston Hounslow Canberra Lakers Cannock Cernusco, Milan Team Bath Buccaneers | ||||||||||||||
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Hockey career
editCrutchley represented England and Great Britain, winning 80 international caps. He played for England at the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup and at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, where he won a bronze medal in the men's hockey.[1]
Coaching career
editHe was Assistant Coach for the England & Great Britain men's teams from 2005 to 2012 and Head Coach from 2013 to 2018. During this time he coached at 3 Olympic Games, 3 World Cups, 7 European Championships and 4 Commonwealth Games.[2][3]
Gymnastics
editHe was appointed Performance Coach Developer at British Gymnastics in 2018.[4]
References
edit- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Meet the hockey squads heading to Rio 2016!". Team GB. 28 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "Bobby Crutchley quits England Hockey men's coaching role". The Hockey Paper.
- ^ "Bobby Crutchley appointed Performance Coach Developer". British Gymnastics.