Kenneth "Ken" Christopher Wark (born 3 August 1961 in

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) is a former

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fullback from

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, who competed in three

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for his native country, starting in

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. After winning the silver medal in 1992 he ended his career with the bronze medal at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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, Georgia. Ken plays for local Sydney team Glebe District Hockey Club. Married in 1985 to Kerrie Banfield He has three children, Kiara, Kaiden and Kameeka.

References

Australian Olympic Committee
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* 1961 births Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Sydney Living people Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Australian people Male field hockey defenders Sportsmen from New South Wales {{Australia-Olympic-medalist-stub