Paul Snowden Lewis (born 1 November 1966 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 ...

, Australia) is a former

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 ...

midfield player from Australia, who was a member of the Men's National Hockey Team. He twice won a medal at the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

. In his youth, Paul played for Forestville Hockey Club in South Australia, and attended

Unley High School Unley High School, located in Netherby, South Australia. History Unley High School was founded in 1910 as one of the first public high schools to be established after Adelaide High School in 1908. Initially it was under the control of the He ...

. Upon retiring from international hockey he would later earn a Bachelor of Laws, and is now a prominent lawyer in Perth, Australia. He is the only South Australian male, and one of only 19 males overall to have played over 200 international games for Australia. The perpetual shield for Hockey SA's U18 Men's State Junior Zone Championship is named after Paul.

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1966 births Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Olympic field hockey players of Australia Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Living people Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Field hockey players from Adelaide Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Australian people {{Australia-Olympic-medalist-stub