Career
He played on the left wing, and scored two of the three goals against Germany in the 1988 final, making a significant contribution to the match. In a British Broadcasting Corporation News article Imran Sherwani was quoted: "When we got back to Heathrow Airport it was bizarre for a hockey player to walk out to hundreds of cheering people. Sherwani was capped 45 times for Great Britain and 49 times for England.
Sherwani was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and is of Pakistani descent.
Ever since he played in his first match at the age of 14, Sherwani dreamt of playing in the Olympic Games. Sherwani worked as a policeman, but had to leave the Staffordshire Police force as his training programme became heavier, so to get by he became a newsagent like his father.
He now works as an independent financial advisor. He has played club hockey for Stourport, Stone and Leek, and was Director of Hockey at Denstone College in Staffordshire.
Sherwani was selected as one of the torchbearers for the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay.