Jo Hunter
{{short description|English field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Jo Hunter
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|5|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Aylesbury, England
| height = 1.63 m
| weight = 56 kg
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Reading
| nationalyears1 = 2013–present
| nationalteam1 = England
| nationalcaps1 = 42
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| nationalyears2 = 2017–present
| nationalteam2 = Great Britain
| nationalcaps2 = 32
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 =
| nationalteam3 = ENGLAND & GB TOTAL:
| nationalcaps3 = 74
| nationalgoals3 = 6
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Amsterdam|}}
|updated= 11 June 2021
}}
Joanne Hunter married name Joanne Pinner (born 27 May 1991) is an English field hockey player who plays for the England and Great Britain national teams.[https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/jo-hunter Team England profile]
Biography
On 4 February 2013 Hunter mader her senior international debut for England against South Africa.
In 2017 she married England hockey goalkeeper George Pinner and played under her married name thereafter.[http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=8443&itemTitle=Jo+Hunter§ion=44 Jo Hunter] England Hockey
Hunter played club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for Buckingham,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2020/07/01/jo-hunter-returns-to-buckingham-after-leaving-surbiton|title = Jo Hunter returns to Buckingham after leaving Surbiton|date = July 2020}} Surbiton, Beeston, Leicester and Aylesbury HC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aylesburyhc.com/news/england-star-jo-hunter-2029759.html|title = StackPath}}
Pinner became a mother in May 2023 before returning to hockey just four months later in September and joined Reading Hockey Club.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/hockey/67138019 |title=Jo Pinner: England and GB hockey player on becoming a mother |website=BBC Sport |date=18 October 2023 |access-date=7 May 2025}}
During the 2024–25 Women's England Hockey League season she was part of the Reading team that won the league title.{{cite web|url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2025/05/05/england-hockey-finals-reading-women-and-surbiton-men-land-surprise-titles |title=England Hockey Finals: Reading women and Surbiton men land surprise titles|website=The Hockey Paper |date=5 May 2025 |access-date=7 May 2025}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/international/senior-squad/jo-hunter Jo Hunter] at England Hockey
- [https://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/players/gb-senior-squad/jo-hunter Jo Hunter] at Great Britain Hockey
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- {{Team England|jo-hunter}}
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|hockey/athlete-profile-n6030105-joanne-hunter|Joanne Hunter}}
{{England FHW Squad 2018 World Cup}}
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Category:English female field hockey players
Category:Female field hockey forwards
Category:Beeston Hockey Club players
Category:Surbiton Hockey Club players
Category:Women's England Hockey League players
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey
Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for England
Category:Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportspeople from Aylesbury
Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:21st-century English sportswomen
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