Anthony Mark Thornton (born March 27, 1967 in Wanganui) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in leap years). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Wanganui is an urban area and district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ... // A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Bob, Rob, Robby, Robbie, Robi, Bobby, Rab, Bert, Bertie, Butch, Bobbers, Bobert, Beto, Bobadito, and Robban (in Sweden), are all short for Robert). ... Final results for the Hockey competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics: // Three nations automatically qualified for the 4th edition of the Womens Olympic Field Hockey Tournament: Australia – Winner of the 1988 Summer Olympics Netherlands – Winner of the 1990 Womens Hockey World Cup Spain – Host country The five remaining... For other uses, see Barcelona (disambiguation). ...

He is probably most known for being a Libertines fanactic, having wrote a sucessful book called The Libertines: Bound Together.

Reference

• New Zealand Olympic Committee