Matthew Gohdes (born 18 May 1990) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the
Queensland Blades
The Queensland Blades are a men's Australian field hockey team, representing Queensland in the Australian Hockey League.
The Blades have been the most successful team to play in recent years. Their home ground is the State Hockey Centre at Col ...
Australia men's national field hockey team
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in 2009 during a five-game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He won a gold medal at the
2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
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Teams
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and a bronze medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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.
Personal
Gohdes is from Rockhampton, Queensland. His cousin is former national team teammate
Jamie Dwyer
Jamie Dwyer (born 12 March 1979) is an Australian field hockey player. He currently plays for YMCC Coastal City Hockey Club in the Melville Toyota League in Perth, Western Australia. He also played for the Queensland Blades in the Australian ...
. Gohdes never played a game with his cousin until he was named to the national team. His flatmate was teammate
Matthew Swann
Matthew David Swann (born 16 May 1989) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australian men's national field hockey team, making his first cap in 2009. ...
.
Gohdes is married to fellow former
Australian
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representative,
Jill Gohdes
Jill Gohdes (née Dwyer) (born 19 May 1990) is a former field hockey player from Australia, who played as a forward.
Personal life
Jill Gohdes is married to fellow former Australian representative, Matthew Gohdes. The couple married in December ...
. The couple married in December 2015 and have one child.
for the Queensland Blades. In 2010, he played in the final game of the season for his state team in the Australian Hockey League. He played for the
Queensland Blades
The Queensland Blades are a men's Australian field hockey team, representing Queensland in the Australian Hockey League.
The Blades have been the most successful team to play in recent years. Their home ground is the State Hockey Centre at Col ...
in the first found of the 2011 season. He currently plays for the
Delhi Waveriders
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in the
Hockey India League
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In 2009, Gohdes,
Jonathon Charlesworth
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and
Brent Dancer
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made their national team debut during a five-game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia against Malaysia. He was a member of the national team in 2010. That year, he was a member of the team that finished first at the
Hockey Champions Trophy
The Hockey Champions Trophy (HCT) was an international field hockey tournament held by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
History
Founded in 1978 by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan and the Pakistan Hockey Federation, it featured the wor ...
. In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the
2012 Summer Olympics
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Perth, Western Australia
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. In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina. He played for the Kookaburras in their 3–1 victory over the Australian A team in the first round of the competition. He scored the team's first goal in the first five minutes of the game. He later scored the team's third goal. In a game for the Kookaburras against Argentina, his team won 4–0 and he scored a goal. He is one of several Queensland based players likely to play in a three-game test series to be played in
Cairns, Queensland
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from 22 to 25 June against the New Zealand's Black Stickss. Final Olympic section will occur several days before this test and his inclusion in the series will be contingent upon being selected.
He was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Australia won a bronze medal. He was part of the Australian team that won gold at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
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