Pinner, born in Ipswich, played club hockey for
Ipswich until 2006 when he joined
Beeston in the
Men's England Hockey League Premier Division. While at Beeston, he made his senior international debut in 2009 against the
Netherlands and his tournament debut at the
2011 Champions Trophy. He was the reserve goalkeeper at the
2012 Olympic Games. In June 2012 he was one of seven GB hockey athletes to pose for the centerfold of
Cosmopolitan magazine as part of a campaign to raise awareness of male cancers and the Everyman cancer charity. Pinner represented England in the
2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where he won a bronze medal. After the Commonwealth Games, Pinner joined
Holcombe for the 2014/15 season and won goalkeeper of the tournament for Great Britain at the
2016 Champions Trophy before heading off to Rio for his first Olympics as the first choice goalkeeper at the 2016 Olympic Games. In 2017 Pinner married
England international
Jo Hunter and represented England and won a bronze medal at the
2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. On 30 May 2019 it was announced that he was joining
Old Georgians ahead of their first season in the
Men's England Hockey League Premier Division. On 4 November 2021 he announced his retirement from International Hockey. At Old Georgians, Pinner was part of the team that won two league and cup doubles during the
2021-22 season and
2022-23 seasons and the league title during the
2023-24 season. At the end of the 2025 season, he retired from all hockey. == References ==