Mark Pearn is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 striker, who participated in two Summer Olympics for Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

: in 2000 and 2004.

Pearn, nickname

Nickname

A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....

d Alan and/or Pearny, played club hockey for Gloucester City

Gloucester City

Gloucester City may refer to:*Gloucester City A.F.C.: an English football club.*Gloucester City, New Jersey: a city in the United States.*Gloucester City, Ontario: a former city in Ontario, amalgamated into the City of Ottawa in 2001....

 and Reading

Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....

, moved to Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 after the Athens Games to compete for Real Club de Polo in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

 before returning to England as player/coach for East Grinstead

East Grinstead Hockey Club

East Grinstead Hockey Club is a field hockey club, founded in 1897. It is based in East Grinstead, West Sussex, England. The men's 1st XI play in the English Hockey League Premier Division, while the women's 1st XI play in the South Club's Women Hockey Division 3B...

. He made his debut for England in 1995, playing The Netherlands.