Damon Laurance Diletti (born 1 May 1971 in

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) is a former

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goalkeeper from Australia, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. At each appearance the

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won a medal. Diletti was

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d ''Dingo'' by his teammates, and was a member of The Kookaburras team for nine years. Apart from three Olympics he participated in two

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s and six Champions Trophy tournaments. He resigned after the

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, after playing 133 international matches for Australia. He is the current U14 Boys division 1 coach at the Modernians hockey club.

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* * * 1971 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey goalkeepers Olympic field hockey players for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players from Perth, Western Australia 20th-century Australian people Sportsmen from Western Australia {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub