Gordon MacKenzie Johnston (born January 30, 1993) is a Canadian

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player, who plays as a defender for the Canadian national team.

Club career

Johnston joined

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in the Dutch Hoofdklasse in 2021 after the

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after having played for the Vancouver Hawks. He played one season at HGC.

International career

He competed at the

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and won a silver medal. In 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team. He was selected for the

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, where he played all four games. In June 2019, he was selected in the Canada squad for the

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. They won the silver medal as they lost 5–2 to

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in the final. In June 2021, Johnston was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team. He was the top goalscorer at the

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with ten goals as Canada won the bronze medal.

References

External links

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* * * * 1993 births Living people Canadian male field hockey players Field hockey players from Vancouver Male field hockey defenders Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2015 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2023 Pan American Games Olympic field hockey players for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games HGC (field hockey) players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada {{Canada-fieldhockey-bio-stub