Thomas Joseph Wickham (born 26 May 1990) is an Australian

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player, who plays as a forward.

Personal life

Tom Wickham was born and raised in

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. He played representative hockey for his home state

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until 2014, when he chose to represent

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at a national level.

Career

He made his international debut in May 2013 during a test series against Korea. Following his 2013 debut, Wickham did not represent Australia again until his recall into the senior men's squad in 2017. His first appearance in 2017 was during a test series against

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. Wickham's most notable performance with Australia was at the

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held in the

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, where the

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won a gold medal. In 2019, Wickham represented Australia in

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of the

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. He has since represented the team in the FIH Pro League's second season in 2020. Wickham was selected in the

Olympics squad for the

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. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.

International goals

References

External links

* * * 1990 births Australian male field hockey players Living people Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Male field hockey forwards Olympic field hockey players for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people Sportsmen from South Australia 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub