Simon Mantell

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Simon Mantell (born on April 24, 1984 in Bridgwater, Somerset) is an English field hockey forward, who made his international senior debut for the national squad on November 9, 2005 versus Ireland at Beeston. He is the younger brother of Richard Mantell.

Currently Mantell is playing for Reading H.C.. He was a member of the English squad that finished fifth at the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach. Mantell has also been selected to represent Great Britain. He was part of the Great Britain side that recently returned victorious from the Olympic qualifying event in Chile. Great Britain secured qualification for Bejing by beating India in final.

Mantell was recently covered by the Independent News paper as one of Britain’s possible hero’s in the 2012 Olympics (see article).

Away from the astro Mantell graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2007.

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