Corey Weyer (born 28 March 1996) is an 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 who plays as a defender for the Australian national team.

Career

Junior National Teams

Weyer has represented Australia at junior level in both Under 18 and Under 21 age groups. In 2014, Weyer was a member of the Australia Under 18 side at the

2014 Youth Olympic Games The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...

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. The team won the gold medal, defeating

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3–2 in a penalty shoot-out following a 3–3 draw. Weyer made his debut for the Australian Under 21 side, 'The Burras', at the 2016 edition of the

Sultan of Johor Cup The Sultan of Johor Cup is an annual, international under–21 men's field hockey tournament held in Malaysia. Since the first edition held in 2011, five teams have emerged victorious. India and Great Britain are the most successful teams havin ...

, winning a gold medal. In 2016, Weyer also a member of the team at the Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India, where the team finished fourth.

Senior National Team

In 2017, Weyer made his senior international debut for the

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at the 2017 International Festival of Hockey. In November 2018, Weyer was named in the squad for the Hockey World Cup in

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weyer, Corey 1996 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Field hockey players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Youth Olympic gold medalists for Australia Field hockey people from Queensland Sportsmen from Queensland