Wayne Denne (born 5 March 1976 in

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

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) 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 ...

player from

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, who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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. He made his international debut for his native country in 1995, against Australia at the Indra Gandhi Gold Cup in

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. The midfielder played for

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International Senior Tournaments

* 1997 – World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur (9th) * 1999 – All-Africa Games, Johannesburg (1st) * 2002 –

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, Kuala Lumpur (13th) * 2002 –

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

, Manchester (4th) * 2003 – Champions Challenge, Johannesburg (3rd) * 2004 – Olympic Qualifier, Madrid (7th) * 2004 – Summer Olympics, Athens (10th)

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* 1976 births Living people South African male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Olympic field hockey players for South Africa Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Cape Town Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club players African Games gold medalists for South Africa Competitors at the 1999 All-Africa Games African Games medalists in field hockey 20th-century South African people 21st-century South African people {{SouthAfrica-fieldhockey-bio-stub