Aaron Hopkins (born 12 September 1979 in Busselton, Western Australia) is a

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defender from

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. He narrowly missed selection in

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squads in both

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and

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. He did, however, win two gold medals for Australia at the

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and

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

.Busselton kids get hooked on hockey

International tournaments

* 2001 – Champions Trophy, Rotterdam (2nd) * 2002 – World Cup, Kuala Lumpur (2nd) * 2002 –

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, Manchester (1st) * 2003 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd) * 2005 – Champions Trophy, Chennai (1st) * 2006 –

, Melbourne (1st)

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hopkins, Aaron 1979 births Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Living people People from Busselton Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey people from Western Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from Western Australia