Nicholas Catlin

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Nick Catlin

| image =

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|4|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Marlow, England

| height = 1.75 m

| weight = 76 kg

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 2007–2008

| clubs1 = Reading

| years2 = 2008–2011

| clubs2 = Loughborough

| years3 = 2011–2012

| clubs3 = Reading

| years4 = 2012–2013

| clubs4 = Racing Bruxelles

| years5 = 2013–2014

| clubs5 = Reading

| years6 = 2014–2016

| clubs6 = Holcombe

| years7 = 2016–2017

| clubs7 = East Grinstead

| years8 = 2017–2018

| clubs8 = Rotterdam

| years9 = 2018–2021

| clubs9 = Beerschot

| years10 = 2022–2023

| clubs10 = East Grinstead

| years11 = 2023–present

| clubs11 = Henley

| nationalyears1 = 2009–2016

| nationalteam1 = England & GB

| nationalcaps1 = 348

| nationalgoals1 =

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Nicholas Andrew Catlin (born 8 April 1989) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Catlin is from Marlow, and attended John Hampden Grammar School.

Catlin started playing club hockey for Reading, initially as a junior and then senior in 2007. He joined Loughborough Students' the following season in 2008 and made his international debut in 2009{{cite web |url=http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=447&itemTitle=Nick+Catlin§ion=1091 |title=Nick Catlin - GB Hockey |work=greatbritainhockey.co.uk |access-date=2013-04-18 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023705/http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=447&itemTitle=Nick+Catlin§ion=1091 |url-status=dead }} and played in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.{{cite web|url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/hockey/mantells-go-back-india-england-4301547 |title=Mantells go back to India with England |website=Berkshire Live |date=25 August 2010 |access-date=22 May 2025}}

He had two more spells with Reading, sandwiched by a season playing in Belgium. Catlin competed for the Great Britain national team at the 2012 Olympic Games{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18614139 |title=London 2012: GB confirms its men's hockey squad |website=GBR Athletics |date=27 June 2012 |access-date=22 May 2025}}{{refn|name=OlympicBotGeneratedRef|{{cite web |title=Nicholas Catlin |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/catlin-nicholas-1078964/ |work=London 2012 |publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited |access-date=13 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911211257/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/catlin-nicholas-1078964/ |archive-date=11 September 2012 }}}}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/nick-catlin-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040340/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/nick-catlin-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Nick Catlin|access-date=2018-01-23}} and won a bronze medal with the England team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, scoring a penalty in the shootout against New Zealand which decided the bronze medal match.{{Cite web |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/hockey/1023944/nick_catlin.html |title=Glasgow 2014 - Nick Catlin Profile |website=g2014results.thecgf.com |access-date=2018-01-23}}{{Cite web |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/PEVU/PEVU_HOM400102.html |title=Glasgow 2014 - Men's Bronze Medal Match |website=g2014results.thecgf.com |access-date=2018-01-23 |archive-date=5 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905064747/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/PEVU/PEVU_HOM400102.html |url-status=dead }}

In September 2014, he switched to play for Holcombe{{cite web|url=https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/sport/04092014-wimbledon-hockey-club-hungry-to-make-championship-finals-after-recruiting-strong-team |title=Wimbledon Hockey Club hungry to make championship finals after recruiting 'strong' team |website=South West Londoner |date=4 September 2014|access-date=31 May 2025}} before representing Great Britain at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/29876/10327204/team-gb-name-hockey-squads-for-summer-olympics-in-rio |title=Team GB name hockey squads for summer Olympics in Rio |website=Sky Sports |date=28 June 2016 |access-date=17 May 2025}} After the Olympics he joined East Grinstead.{{cite web |url=http://w.fixtureslive.com/player/22320/overview/Nick-Catlin |title=EHL statistics |work=FixturesLive.com |access-date=2013-04-18}} He also played for Racing Bruxelles in Belgium.

He joined Rotterdam in the Dutch Hoofdklasse in 2017{{cite web |title=Rotterdam versterkt selectie met jeugd en internationals uit Spanje en Engeland |url=https://hockey.nl/nieuws/hoofdklasse-heren/rotterdam-versterkt-selectie-jeugd-en-internationals-spanje-en-engeland/ |access-date=19 March 2020 |language=nl |date=28 June 2017}} but after one season he left Rotterdam and he returned to Belgium to play for Beerschot.{{cite web |title=Transferts : deux nouvelles arrivées au Bee |url=https://okey.lalibre.be/transferts-deux-nouvelles-arrivees/ |access-date=19 March 2020 |language=fr |date=8 May 2018}}

Catlin returned to East Grinstead in 2022 and then moved to Henley Hockey Club.{{cite web|url=https://www.henleyhockeyclub.co.uk/teams/78048/player/nickcatlin-3389525 |title=Nick Catlin - Henley Hockey Club Men's 1s|website=henley Hockey Club |access-date=17 May 2025}}