Nathan Burgers (born May 1979 in

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goalkeeper. He played for

and the

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teams in national competitions. He has been a member of the

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. As a member of the team, he won a gold medal at the

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and the

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. He was also a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the

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Personal

Burgers was born in May 1979 in

. He resided in

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. He worked as a sports teacher at East Maddington Primary School. After the

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he will stay in

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with his family.

Field hockey

Burgers is a goalkeeper. He has held a hockey scholarship with the ACT Academy of Sport and the

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. He went on a tour of Asia in 2006 with the Australian Institute of Sport team. In 2000, Burgers played for the North Queensland Barras in the

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but left the team after they were removed from the competition at the end of the year. At the end of the 2001 season, he also seriously injured his wrist and there were fears this could permanently prevent him from playing the game against competitively. In 2006, 2007 and 2008, he played for the Australian Capital Territory team, the Canberra Lakers, as a member of the state team and for the

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competition. Prior to the start of a 2007 game against the NSW Darters where he was support to be in goal, he injured his quad while warming up for the game. In 2010, he played in the final game of the season for his state team in the

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National team

In December 2007, Burgers was a member of the Kookaburras squad that competed in the Dutch Series in

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. In January 2008, he was a member of the senior national team that competed at the Five Nations men's hockey tournament in

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. New national team coach

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named him, a returning member, and fourteen total new players who had never appeared on 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

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against

. He was with the national team in 2010. when they finished first at the

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. He won a gold medal at the 2010 World Cup in Delhi, India. In 2010, he also represented Australia at the

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. He beat out Ross Meadows and George Bazeley to start in goal during the opening round against Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. He played in the game against

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during the group stage. In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the

Australian men's national training squad. This squad will be narrowed in June 2012. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in

. In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the

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and

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. He is one of several Queensland based players likely to play in a three-game test series to be played in

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from 22 to 25 June against the

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Black Sticks. Final Olympic section will occur several days before this test and his inclusion in the series will be contingent upon being selected.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burgers, Nathan Australian male field hockey players Living people 1979 births Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey 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 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players