Mark William Hager (born 28 April 1964) is a retired 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, who competed in two

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for his native country. After the fourth place in

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he won the bronze medal with ''The Kookaburras'' 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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where he was the captain.

Coaching career

Following his playing career, Hager has been pursuing a coaching career in the sport. His achievements as a coach include: * 2018 Commonwealth Games - Head Coach, New Zealand Women (Gold) * 2008 Beijing Olympics – Asst Coach, Australian Men (Bronze) * 2009 8 Nations – Head Coach, Australian U21 Men (Gold) * 2007 Youth Olympics – Head Coach, Australia (Gold) * 2005–07 Australian Institute Team – Head Coach * 2005 U21 World Cup – Head Coach, Australia (Silver) * 2004 Athens Olympics – Asst Coach, Australian Women (5th) * 2003 Champions Trophy – Asst Coach, Australian Women (Gold) * 2002 World Cup – Asst Coach, Australian Women (4th) * 2002 Champions Trophy – Asst Coach, Australian Women (4th) * 2001 Champions Trophy – Asst Coach, Australian Women (Bronze) * 2001 U21 World Cup – Head Coach, Australian Women (Bronze) * 1998-0 AHL – Head Coach, WA Thundersticks (2 x Golds) In December 2008, Hager was appointed the coach of the

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(the ''Black Sticks Women''). Besides this he is also the head coach of

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which plays in the

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(HIL) On 11 January 2019 Hager was appointed Head Coach of

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Personal life

His wife

Michelle Capes Michelle Edith-Hager (née ''Capes'', born 3 October 1966) is an Australian field hockey player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. In the 1988 Summer Olympics she won a gold medal as part of the Aust ...

, sister-in-law

Lee Capes Lee Capes (born 3 October 1961) is an Australian former field hockey player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal. Her husband Michael Nobbs, daughter Kaitlin Nobbs Kaitlin Nobbs (born 24 September 1997) is ...

, brother-in-law

Michael Nobbs Michael Jack Nobbs (born 4 January 1954) is a former international level field hockey player who has represented Australia as a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also coached the India m ...

and niece

Kaitlin Nobbs Kaitlin Nobbs (born 24 September 1997) is an Australian field hockey player. She has played for the Australian national team, the Hockeyroos. Early life Nobbs is the daughter of Australian field hockey players Michael Nobbs and Lee Capes. Her ...

have all represented Australia at field hockey at the Olympic Games.

References

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Australian Olympic CommitteeMark Hager
1964 births Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people People from Maryborough, Queensland Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics New Zealand Olympic coaches New Zealand women's national field hockey team coaches Sportsmen from Queensland University of Western Australia alumni Coaches at the 2012 Summer Olympics Coaches at the 2016 Summer Olympics Coaches at the 2020 Summer Olympics British Olympic coaches Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Australian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Australian expatriate sportspeople in India {{Australia-Olympic-medalist-stub