Imran Sherwani
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Full name | Imran Ahmed Khan Sherwani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England | 9 April 1962|||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Imran Ahmed Khan Sherwani (born 9 April 1962) is a former English international field hockey player.
International career
Sherwani won gold with the
He also won silver with the England squad at the 1986 World Cup in London.[2] Sherwani was capped 45 times for Great Britain and 49 times for England.[3][4]
Club career
Sherwani started his career at North Stafford Hockey Club.[2] He has also played club hockey for Stourport,[5] Stone[citation needed] and Leek.[1]
Coaching
As well as coaching at Leek,[2] Sherwani has served as Director of Hockey at Denstone College in Staffordshire.[6][7][8]
Personal life
Sherwani was born in
Sherwani worked as a policeman, but had to leave the Staffordshire Police force as his training programme became heavier, so to get by he became a newsagent like his father.[2] He later worked as an independent financial adviser.[2]
He also has links with
In June 2021, Sherwani revealed that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.[9]
References
- ^ a b Where were the Germans? BBC Sport, 2 July 2004
- ^ a b c d e f g Local heroes BBC Stoke and Staffordshire, 13 October 2008
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Imran Sherwani". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ "Remembering the boys of 86". Sports Journalists' Association. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Sherwani inspires Stourport". The Independent. ESI Media. 18 January 1993. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ Olympic Gold Medallist Opens Cannock Community Fire Station Archived 3 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Staffordshire Fire Service
- ^ "Hockey at Denstone". Denstone College. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Hockey: Olympic gold medalist Imran Sherwani impressed with pitch at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre". Newham Recorder. Archant Community Media. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Imran Sherwani: Olympic hockey gold medalist reveals early-onset Alzheimer's diagnosis". CNN. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
External links
- Imran Sherwani at Olympics.com
- Imran Sherwani at Olympedia
- Imran Sherwani at Team GB
- Imran Sherwani at Olympics.com