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}}

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