Kieran Govers (born 9 February 1988) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays field hockey professionally in Germany. He plays for the NSW Waratahs in the
. He first represented Australia in 2010. He won a gold medal at the
2010 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 12th edition of Men's Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held from 28 February to 13 March ...
, at the
2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 32nd edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held from July 31–August 8, 2010 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.
Teams
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and the
2014 Commonwealth Games
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. He won a bronze medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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. Govers currently serves as the Chairperson of Illawarra South Coast Hockey Inc.
Personal
Govers is from New South Wales.
His younger brother is international hockey player
Blake Govers
Blake Govers (born 6 July 1996) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a forward for the NSW Pride in the Hockey One, Hockey One League and the Australia men's national field hockey team, Australian national team.
He is the younger ...
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Field hockey
Govers played junior hockey in
Albion Park, New South Wales
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. He plays hockey professionally. In 2011, he played club hockey for Mannheim in Germany. In Australia, he plays local club hockey for Sutherland District Hockey club. He played hockey for the Illawarra club in 2011.
. He played for the team in the first found of the 2011 season.
National team
Govers first made the national team in 2010. He made his full international appearance in the Hobart-based three-Test series against South Korea. He won a gold medal at the 2010 World Cup, playing in every single game of the campaign. He was left off the roster for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, because Australia has a rotational policy for team inclusion. He was a member of the 2010 Australian gold winning side that competed at the Champions Trophy and competed in the first three games of the Champions Trophy. He did not play final game despite making an effort to get selected for it by the national team coach. His laryngitis was one of the reasons that he was did not play in the game so he watched the game from the sidelines.
In 2011, he represented Australia in almost every tournament the country participated in. He was not a member of the 2011 Champions Cup squad because he had a groin injury. He did not compete at the Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia in May 2011 because he was injured. In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the
2012 Summer Olympics
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Perth, Western Australia
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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. In a game for the Kookaburras against Argentina, his team won 4-0 and he scored a goal.
He was part of the Australian team that won the 2014 Commonwealth Games.