Matthew Wells
OAM (born 2 May 1978 in
Hobart, Tasmania
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/ Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
) 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 ci ...
defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens
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by beating title holders The Netherlands in the final. Four years earlier, when Sydney hosted the
Summer Games, he finished in third spot with ''The Kookaburras'', as the Men's National Team is called. He had to miss the
2006 Men's Hockey World Cup due to injury.
External links
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Profile on Hockey Australia
1978 births
Australian male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for Australia
Male field hockey defenders
Olympic gold medalists for Australia
Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Sportspeople from Hobart
Living people
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Sportsmen from Tasmania
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