Baeden Ty Choppy (born 14 April 1976 in Mackay, Queensland) is a former field hockey striker from

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, who was a member of the Men's National Hockey Team that won the bronze medal at the

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in Atlanta, Georgia. Since 2004, Baeden has been working as a player-coach to a hockey team competing in the North Premier League, England. In 2017, Baeden returned to playing hockey in the Brisbane hockey league at the Kedron Wavell Wolves, re-uniting with former Olympics team-mate Matthew Smith (field hockey) who is the current top grade coach at that Club.

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* 1976 births Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Living people Australian field hockey coaches Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Sportspeople from Mackay, Queensland Olympic medalists in field hockey Indigenous Australian Olympians Indigenous Australian field hockey players Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey people from Queensland Sportsmen from Queensland {{Australia-Olympic-medalist-stub