Imran Sherwani

Imran Ahmed Khan Sherwani (9 April 1962 – 28 November 2025) was a British international field hockey player. He won gold with the Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Biography Sherwani was born on 9 April 1962 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, While at City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College, Sherwani was selected as the captain of the county U19 squad before progressing to England U18 and U21 teams.

Sherwani started his club hockey career at North Stafford Hockey Club in November 1982 in order to further his international career.

Sherwani made his England debut in 1983 and shared his hockey career working as a policeman. He missed out on a place at the 1984 Summer Olympics after requiring three knee operations. He joined Stone Hockey Club from Stourport for the 1984/85 season.

While at Stone, he won a silver medal with the England squad at the 1986 World Cup in London.

After his international retirement, Sherwani had been capped 45 times for Great Britain and 49 times for England.

Sherwani had a third spell at Stourport after a year with Firebrands. In October 1995, Stourport received a Lottery grant and this signalled the retirement of three of their players, including Sherwani.

In 1996, Imran started as player-coach at Leek Hockey Club, and within 8 years inspired the Club to go from Midlands Division 2 West to National League in 2003 and was also made a Life Member,

He later worked as an independent financial adviser.

On 2 June 2021, Sherwani revealed that he had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. He died on 28 November 2025, at the age of 63.