Brendan James Garard (born 6 December 1971 in Brisbane, Queensland) is a former

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player 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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, Georgia. He is the husband of international Ironman Triathlete Melissa Ashton.

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* 1971 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Sportspeople from Brisbane Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey people from Queensland Sportsmen from Queensland {{Australia-Olympic-medalist-stub