Nathan Eglington OAM (born 2 December 1980 in

Murwillumbah, New South Wales Murwillumbah ( ) is a town in far north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire, on the Tweed River (New South Wales), Tweed River. Sitting on the south eastern foothills of the McPherson Range in the Tweed Volcano valley, Murwill ...

) is a

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 ...

midfielder and striker from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the golden medal at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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. He is

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d ''Eggy'', and played domestic hockey for the Queensland Blades in his native country Australia, with whom he won the national title in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. Eglington made his international debut in 2002, in a test series game against South Korea in

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

, scoring twice. Eglington played 140 times for Australia scoring 50 goals before major injury prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, forced retirement from international competition at the age of 27 years. He is married to fellow former Australian representative, Lisa Eglington. The pair live in Tweed Heads with their two children.

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Profile on Hockey Australia
1980 births Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Male field hockey midfielders Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Living people Olympic field hockey players for Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey People from the Northern Rivers Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Sportsmen from New South Wales Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub