Fergus Kavanagh (born 21 May 1985) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays Western Australia in the Australian Hockey League. He 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 ( ...

, winning a bronze medal with the team at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal at the

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and at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Personal

Kavanagh was born in

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and moved to Western Australia when he was four. He took up playing hockey in primary school and attended

Nagle Catholic College Nagle Catholic College commonly known as Nagle or NCC, is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day school, located in the coastal town of Geraldton in the Mid West region of Western Australia, Australia. The college was founde ...

in Geraldton.

Field hockey

Kavanagh represents Western Australia in national competitions. In 2010, he was a member of the Western Australian state team that competed in the Australian Hockey League. In a June 2010 game against the South Australian Southern Hotshots, he scored a goal. He played in a June 2010 game for Western Australia against the NT Stingers that Western Australia won 4–1. He scored a goal in the game. He played for the team in the first found of the 2011 season. Kavanagh is a member of the

. In January 2008, he was a member of the senior national team that competed at the Five Nations men's hockey tournament in South Africa. He represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, playing in the Australia's 6–1 victory over Canada. His team won a bronze medal at the 2008 Games. New national team coach

Ric Charlesworth Richard Ian Charlesworth AO (born 6 February 1952) is an Australian sports coach and former politician. He played first-class cricket for Western Australia and international field hockey for the Kookaburras (the Australian national team), win ...

named him, a returning member, alongside fourteen total new players who had few than 10 national team caps to the squad before in April 2009 in a bid to ready the team for the

. In 2009, he was a member of the national team during a five-game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia against Malaysia. He was a member of the 2009 Hockey Champions Trophy winning team, playing in the gold medal match against Germany that Australia won by a score of 5–3. In 2010, he represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games, and played in the game against Pakistan during the group stage. He was the Kookaburras captain during the Games. The Pakistan match was his 100th international cap for Australia. Australia won a gold medal at the

. In May 2011, he played in the Azlan Shah Cup for Australia. The Cup featured teams from Pakistan, Malaysia, India, South Korea, Britain and New Zealand. In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national training squad. This squad was narrowed in June 2012. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in

Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

. 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. He was named on the Australian Olympic team, which proceeded to win the bronze medal again.

Coaching

In October 2010, Kavanagh ran a hockey clinic in

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* * (2010) * (2014) * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kavanagh, Fergus 1985 births Living people Irish male field hockey players Australian male field hockey players Irish expatriates in Australia Olympic field hockey players of Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players