Andrew Smith (born 1 November 1978 in

Wollongong, New South Wales Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wate ...

) is a former

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

striker from

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. He played in two games at the

2008 Beijing Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, where the

Kookaburras Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus ''Dacelo'' native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between in length and weigh around . The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri ''guuguubarra'', onomatopoeic of its call. The ...

won the bronze medal. From 2011 until 2020 he was employed as a teacher and head coach of the hockey program at

Maribyrnong College Maribyrnong College, also known as Maribyrnong Secondary College, and formerly known as Maribyrnong High School, is a government-funded secondary day school that specialises in sports, located in Maribyrnong in the inner western suburbs of Me ...

.Andrew Smith – Maribyrnong Sports Academy
/ref> He was employed as a Physical Education teacher at the start of 2021 for Nhulunbuy Christian College in

Nhulunbuy Nhulunbuy () is a township that is the sixth largest population centre in the Northern Territory of Australia. Nhulunbuy was created on the Gove Peninsula in north-east Arnhem Land when a bauxite mine and a deep water port were established ...

References

Profile on Hockey Australia

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Andrew 1978 births Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Field hockey players from Melbourne Living people 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Sportspeople from Wollongong Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Australian schoolteachers