Andrew Lewis Charter (born 30 March 1987) is an Australian field hockey player. He played club hockey for Central Hockey Club, winning a championship with the team in 2004 and 2008. He played for the Australian Capital Territory team in the
Australia men's national field hockey team
The Australia men's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Kookaburras) is one of the nation's most successful top-level sporting teams. They are the only Australian team in any sport to receive medals at six straight Summer Olympic Games (1 ...
.
Personal
Charter is from the Australian Capital Territory. In 2010, he moved from Canberra to Perth in order to train at the
Australian Institute of Sport
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of th ...
hockey academy.
Field hockey
Charter is a goalkeeper. In 2005, he represented the Australian Capital Territory in the national U21 Championships. In 2006, he was a member of Australian U21 men's hockey team. He was supposed to make his international debut for the team in a game against Korea but lost the opportunity after he broke a toe while playing football.
Charter used to play club hockey with the Central Hockey Club. He was playing with the club in 2006. His club had a three-week losing streak going into the senior men's ACT grand final. In the final, Charter was in goal and made several important key saves on goal during the game which allowed his side to win the game 3–0. He switched club sides to compete for one in Fremantle in 2010 after moving to the west coast. Charter currently plays hockey with the Westside Side Wolves when he's not on state or national duty. In 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011, Charter played for the Australian Capital Territory team, the Canberra Lakers. in the
. In 2007, he was a replacement goalkeeper in a game against New South Wales Arrows after
Nathan Burgers
Nathan Burgers (born May 1979 in Ayr, Queensland) is an Australian professional field hockey goalkeeper. He played for Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory teams in national competitions. He has been a member of the Australia men's n ...
injured himself while warming up for the game. He allowed two goals while his team scored two. The game ended in a 4–3 victory for his team after the game went to penalty shots. This was the first time in seven games where his team won when a game went to penalty shots.
National team
Charter is a member of the
Australia men's national field hockey team
The Australia men's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Kookaburras) is one of the nation's most successful top-level sporting teams. They are the only Australian team in any sport to receive medals at six straight Summer Olympic Games (1 ...
. In 2011, he was a member of the national team that competed at the Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia. This was the first time he had been called up to play for the national team. In July 2011, he traveled but not compete with the team when they toured Europe. He won a gold medal at the Champion Trophy tournament in 2011. In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...
Perth
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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.
Charter was selected in the
Kookaburras
Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus ''Dacelo'' native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between in length and weigh around . The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri ''guuguubarra'', onomatopoeic of its call. The ...
Olympics squad for the
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the List of Olympic Games h ...
. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.