Craig Victory (born 3 February 1980 in

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) is a

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striker from

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who played 102 international games for the

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, the Kookaburras. He is a Commonwealth Games, World Cup and Champions Trophy Gold Medalist and was an Olympic Bronze Medalist with the

the Kookaburras at the 2000 in

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. As a successful coach, he has served as head coach of the

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(SASI) hockey program, head coach of the 2011 winning

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(formerly Southern Suns) in the Australian Hockey League, Australian Junior Women's coach and assistant coach to the gold medal-winning Hockeyroos at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Personal

Craig lives in Adelaide, South Australia.

Field Hockey - Playing

Club Hockey

Craig played club hockey for the Port Adelaide District Hockey Club Magpies.

State Hockey

He represented South Australia as part of the Southern Hotshots (now known as the SA Hotshots).

International Hockey

Craig was a member of the

the Kookaburras from 1999 to 2006, playing 102 games and scoring 36 goals. He was a part of the bronze medal-winning Men's team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a silver and gold medal at the World Cup and Commonwealth Games respectively. He had his jaw broken following an on field incident involving Pakistan captain Muhammad Saqlain in a match at the Hamburg Masters in August 2005. International Playing Career tournaments included: *

1999 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy The 1999 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 21st edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It took place from in the Queensland State Hockey Centre, State Hockey Centre in Brisbane, Australia. It was the third time ...

(Brisbane, AUS) – 1st GOLD *

2000 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy The 2000 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 22nd edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held from in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. __TOC__ Squads Head Coach: Terry Walsh Head Coa ...

(Amstelveen, NED) – 5th *

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

(Sydney, AUS) – 3rd BRONZE * 2001 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy (Rotterdam, NED) – 2nd SILVER * 2002 Commonwealth Games (Manchester, ENG) – 1st GOLD *

2002 Men's Hockey World Cup The 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 10th edition of the Hockey World Cup, a men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 24 February to 9 March 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Germany won their first title after defeating Australia 2–1 ...

(Kuala Lumpur, MAS) – 2nd SILVER * 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy (Amstelveen, NED) – 2nd SILVER

Field Hockey - Coaching

State Coaching

Craig was head hockey coach of the

program and also served as the Hockey SA Game Development Manager in the early/mid 2000s. He coached the peak South Australian State Representative team, the

(then Southern Suns) to victory in the 2011 Australian Hockey League.

International Coaching

Craig was selected as coach of the Australian U21 Junior women's team, the Jillaroos, in January 2013 and coached them until 2016. Key tournaments were: *2013

Women's Hockey Junior World Cup The Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, formerly known as the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, is the field hockey Junior World Cup competition for women, with the format for qualification and the final tournament similar to the men's. It is org ...

(Monchengladbach, Germany) – 6th He was also a part of the Senior Women's team, the Hockeyroos, staff as assistant coach for: * 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals (London, England) – 1st * 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final (Tucuman, Argentina) – 2nd SILVER * 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup (The Hague, Netherlands) – 2nd SILVER * 2014 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, Scotland) – 1st GOLD

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Victory, Craig 1980 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Male field hockey forwards Australian field hockey coaches Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players from Adelaide Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games South Australian Sports Institute coaches Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from South Australia