Barry John Dancer (born 27 August 1952 in

Brisbane, Queensland Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

) is a former Australian

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 ...

player and coach of Australian men's national field hockey team. As a player he competed in 48 international matches for Australia between 1973 and 1979. he was a member of the men's hockey team that won a silver medal at the

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. Dancer coached the English men's hockey team from 1997 to 1999 and the Great Britain team at the

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, where the team came sixth. Dancer took up the position of Head Coach of the Australian men's national field hockey team in 2001 and retired the position after

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. Coaching results for the Australian team at major competitions: *2001: 2nd - Champions Trophy *2002: 2nd -

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; 5th - Champions Trophy ; 1st -

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*2003: 2nd - Champions Trophy *2004: 1st - Athens Olympics *2005: 1st - Champions Trophy *2006: 2nd -

; 4th - Champions Trophy ; 1st -

*2007: 2nd - Champions Trophy *2008: 3rd - Beijing Olympics ; 1st - Champions Trophy Australia won its first Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Dancer was Head Coach of the

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men's hockey program from 2001 to 2008. His son

Brent Dancer Brent Dancer, is an Australian field hockey player. He is a goalscoring defender and plays for the WA Thundersticks in the Australian Hockey League, whom he won a championship with in 2008. He made his debut as a member of the Australia men's ...

has represented Australia in hockey.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dancer, Barry 1952 births Australian field hockey coaches Australian Institute of Sport coaches Australian male field hockey players Australian Olympic coaches Field hockey people from Queensland Field hockey players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Olympic silver medalists for Australia Sportspeople from Brisbane Living people British Olympic coaches