Jeremy Edwards (born 23 December 1991) 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. Edwards was born in

Hobart, Tasmania Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smalle ...

, and made his senior international debut in a 2013 test series against Korea, in

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. In 2017, Edwards was elevated into the senior national team from the development squad, and has been a regular team member since. In March 2018, Edwards was selected in the

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national squad for the

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. The team won the gold medal, defeating

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2–0 in the final. Edwards has also been involved in several comedy projects. In 2007 he was part of the sketch comedy group Klarence Komedy, who released a sketch comedy CD titled "Komedy That Lasts". In 2015 they released their second album "The Reunion".

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1991 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from Tasmania Sportspeople from Hobart Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub