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Field Hockey At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Squads
Twelve national teams competed in the men's Olympic field hockey tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Sixteen players were officially enrolled in each squad. Two reserve players could also be nominated to be available should a player enrolled in the official squad become injured during the tournament. Pool A Australia The following is the Australian roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Head Coach: Ric Charlesworth #Jamie Dwyer (Vice-captain) # Liam de Young (Vice-captain) #Simon Orchard #Glenn Turner #Chris Ciriello #Matthew Butturini #Mark Knowles ( C) #Russell Ford * #Eddie Ockenden #Joel Carroll #Matthew Gohdes #Tim Deavin #Matthew Swann #Nathan Burgers (GK) #Kieran Govers #Fergus Kavanagh Reserves: * Kiel Brown * Andrew Charter (GK) Great Britain The following is the Great Britain roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Head Coach: Jason Lee # Glenn Kirkham # Ashley Jackson # Harry Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament
The men's field hockey tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was the 22nd edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held over a thirteen-day period beginning on 30 July, and culminating with the medal finals on 11 August. All games were played at the Riverbank Arena within the Olympic Park in London, United Kingdom. Defending champions Germany won the gold medal for the fourth time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Australia won the bronze medal by defeating Great Britain 3–1. Competition format The twelve teams in the tournament were divided into two pools of six, with each team initially playing round-robin games within their pool. Following the completion of the round-robin, the top two teams from each pool advance to the semi-finals. All other teams play classification matches to determine the final tournament rankings. The two semi-final winners meet for the gold medal match, while the semi-final losers play in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Swann
Matthew David Swann (born 16 May 1989) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australian men's national field hockey team, making his first cap in 2009. He won a gold medal at the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and a bronze medal the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal Swann is from Queensland. He is tall. He used to live in Herston, Queensland. He moved to Perth, Western Australia to spend more time with the national team. Field hockey Swann is a defender. Luke Doerner gave him a yellow headband that he wears at every match. He played junior hockey in Mackay, Queensland. He currently resides in Perth, Western Australia. The national team was aware of him when he was competing in junior hockey. He plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League. In 2010, he played in the final game of the season for his state team in the Australian Hockey League. He played for the team in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Hawes
Benjamin Robert Hawes (born 28 July 1980) is a former English field hockey player, a 3x Olympian who played for the English and the British national team in midfield or as a halfback. Hawes competed for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, and has represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2004, 2008 (as captain) and 2012 Summer Olympics. He had 132 caps representing England and 99 caps representing Great Britain (231 International Caps) before he announced his retirement from international hockey in 2013. He currently is the coach of the Wimbledon's men's team, having previously played for them, Surbiton and Amsterdam. He was named Chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA) Athletes' Commission in 2015, representing British Olympic Athletes on the BOA Board, after serving on the commission for 4 years. Hawes was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours The 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Moore (field Hockey)
Robert Stephen "Rob" Moore (born 21 May 1981) is an English field hockey player. Moore is amongst the most capped England players and was a key part of the team that picked up a silver medal at the Champions Trophy 2010 and a gold medal at the European Cup 2009. He appeared in the 2012 London Olympics. Early career Moore is from Winchester, England. He went to school at King Edward VI, Southampton and studied economics at University of Nottingham. Throughout his academic career Moore was involved with all sports, showing a particular talent for hockey and cricket. At the age of 16 whilst playing a hockey match for his school, the coach for the opposing team, who happened to also be the under 21s coach for England, spotted the young player's natural ability and invited him to an England under 21s trial. International career Moore made the England under 21s team the summer of the trials in 1998, and that August was selected for his first tournament; the Under 21s European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonty Clarke
Jonathan "Jonty" Clarke (born in Essex) is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward. Competing for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, he represented Great Britain in Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Clarke was brought up in the town of Southend and was educated at Southend High School for Boys and was a prominent hockey player there. Many have followed in Jonty's footsteps and become great players, many representing Essex. SHSB said that they believed Jonty is the second pupil to ever represent Team GB Team GB is the brand name used since 1999 by the British Olympic Association (BOA) for their Great Britain at the Olympics, British Olympic team. The brand was developed after Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the nation's poor perfor ... at the Olympics after Mark Foster. After his performance at the 2008 Olympics, Jonty Clarke became the first accountant to win the Echo's Southend Sports Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Daly
Matthew "Matt" Daly (born 8 July 1983) is an English field hockey player. Daly made his international debut in 2005. He competed for England and Great Britain at numerous tournaments, including the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Daly was born in Saudi Arabia. He has played club hockey for Surbiton Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it has ... and Teddington. He is currently a senior member of staff and hockey coach at Kingston Grammar School. References External links * 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Dammam English male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2008 Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Martin (field Hockey)
Harry John Martin (born 23 October 1992) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for HC Rotterdam and the England and Great Britain national teams. His sister, Hannah Martin is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for England and Great Britain. Club career For the 2021–22 season he returns to play club hockey in the Dutch Hoofdklasse for HC Rotterdam, for whom he enjoyed a successful 2016–17 season. He had been playing in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Hampstead & Westminster. Prior to that, he won the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division title in consecutive seasons with Beeston Hockey Club. International career Martin made his senior debut, aged 17, for Great Britain on 12 July 2010. One year later, On 1 December 2012, he made his senior tournament debut for England in a 3–1 defeat against India, in the 2012 Champions Trophy, in Melbourne, Australia. He was the first player who has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Jackson (field Hockey)
Ashley Steven Jackson (born 27 August 1987) is an English field hockey player who plays club hockey as a defender or midfielder for Old Georgians'. He represented the England and Great Britain national teams from 2006 until 2021. In December 2014 Jackson began playing ice hockey for Invicta Dynamos, scoring a goal on his debut against London Raiders. In June 2017, together with his brother, Wesley Jackson, he founded Jackson coaching. Club career Jackson plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Old Georgians', whom he joined in 2019. He has also played for East Grinstead, Holcombe and two spells for HGC in the Dutch League, as well as for Ranchi Rhinos in the Hockey India League. He first started playing hockey for Tunbridge Wells Hockey Club whilst a schoolboy at Sutton Valence, Kent. International career Jackson made his full international debut for Great Britain in 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and for England in 2009 Men's Hock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Kirkham
Glenn Charles W. Kirkham (born 8 October 1982) is an English field hockey player who played for the English and British national team. Hockey Kirkham made his international senior debut for the national squad in January 2002 in a match against Poland. He was named as the England captain for 2006–07. He was part of the England team that participated in the field hockey world cup in Monchengladbach, Germany where they finished 5th overall. He also competed in the 2009 European championships in Amsterdam where England were champions. He was part of the England squad in Delhi, India at the Hero Honda World Cup that lost only one group game against Spain, putting them through to the semi-finals. Kirkham represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Olympics in London, where the team finished in 4th place. He retired from international hockey in 2013. Personal life Kirkham (nicknamed ''Glenda'') started field hockey at the small club of Alford from a you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Lee (field Hockey)
Jason David Lee (born 21 May 1970)) is an English field hockey coach and former international player. Lee was born at Hayes in Greater London and played hockey at Old Bordenians Hockey Club in Sittingbourne in Kent.Club history Gore Court Hockey Club. Retrieved 2017-12-17. International career As a player, he won 82 caps for and 35 for , scoring 35 goals. He played in the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Charter
Andrew Lewis Charter (born 30 March 1987) is an Australian field hockey player. He played club hockey for Central Hockey Club, winning a championship with the team in 2004 and 2008. He played for the Australian Capital Territory team in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team. Personal Charter is from the Australian Capital Territory. In 2010, he moved from Canberra to Perth in order to train at the Australian Institute of Sport hockey academy. Field hockey Charter is a goalkeeper. In 2005, he represented the Australian Capital Territory in the national U21 Championships. In 2006, he was a member of Australian U21 men's hockey team. He was supposed to make his international debut for the team in a game against Korea but lost the opportunity after he broke a toe while playing football. Charter used to play club hockey with the Central Hockey Club. He was playing with the club in 2006. His club had a three-week losing stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiel Brown
Kiel Brown (born May 1984) is an Australian field hockey player. He earned a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy. Personal Brown was born in May 1984 in Toowoomba, Queensland. He is from Western Australia. He is currently a university student, at Curtin University where he is studying psychology. In 2008, Brown gave a Melbourne-based reporter a tour of the 2008 Summer Olympics athlete quarters. He and his teammates brought blow up toys to the games, including blow up boxing kangaroos and crocodiles. He and his teammates also set up a slushy machine in their area of the athlete village. He was given a welcome pack when he got there that included "body wash, hand sanitiser and a USB drive." It did not contain condoms, an item which had been distributed to 2004 Summer Olympics competitors. Field hockey Brown is a midfielder. Club hockey Brown plays club hockey for Wesley South Perth and was with the team in 2007. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
