Simon Douglas Mantell 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...

 forward, who made his international senior debut for the national squad on 9 November 2005 versus Ireland

Ireland

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 at Beeston

Beeston

- United Kingdom :*Beeston, Bedfordshire*Beeston, Cheshire**Beeston Castle*Beeston, Leeds West Yorkshire* In Norfolk:**Beeston, Norfolk **Beeston Regis**Beeston St Andrew**Beeston St Lawrence*Beeston, Nottinghamshire...

. He is the younger brother of Richard Mantell

Richard Mantell

Richard Mantell is an English field hockey full back, who made his international senior debut for the national squad on 10 February 2003. He is nicknamed Rick or Ricky or Tricky, and played club hockey for Canterbury.Currently Mantell is playing for Reading...

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Education

Mantell was educated at Millfield School, an independent school

Independent school

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 in the village of Street

Street, Somerset

Street is a small village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England. It is situated on a dry spot in the Somerset Levels, at the end of the Polden Hills, south-west of Glastonbury. The 2001 census records the village as having a population of 11,066...

 in Somerset

Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

, followed by the University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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Life and career

Currently Mantell is playing in the Netherlands for HGC, having previously played for Reading

Reading Hockey Club

Reading Hockey Club is a field hockey club based at Sonning Lane in the English town of Reading.It is presently one of the most successful clubs in the United Kingdom with National League and Cup honours....

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He was a member of the English squad that finished fifth at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup

2006 Men's Hockey World Cup

The 2006 Hockey World Cup for men is the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup. It held from September 6 to September 17, 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany....

 in Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....

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Mantell has also been selected to represent Great Britain. He was part of the Great Britain side that returned victorious from the Olympic qualifying event in Chile. There Great Britain secured qualification for Beijing by beating India in final.

External links

• http://sport.independent.co.uk/olympics/article2016093.ece
• http://www.eis2win.co.uk/gen/news_simonshopes.aspx
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/hockey/4906198.stm