Aaron Hopkins
Encyclopedia
Aaron Hopkins is a field hockey
defender from Australia
. He narrowly missed selection in Australia's Olympic Games squads in both 2004
and 2008
. He did, however, win two gold medals for Australia at the 2002
and 2006 Commonwealth Games
.
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
defender from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He narrowly missed selection in Australia's Olympic Games squads in both 2004
Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Field Hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Hockey Centre located within the Helliniko Olympic Complex. The competitions for both men and women was split into two groups with the top two teams after the preliminary rounds progressing through to the semi-finals.-Men's...
and 2008
Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held over a fourteen day period beginning on August 10, and culminating with the medal finals on August 22 and August 23...
. He did, however, win two gold medals for Australia at the 2002
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
and 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
.
International Tournaments
- 2001 – Champions Trophy2001 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)The 2001 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy has been reorganised to take place in Rotterdam, Netherlands on the scheduled dates of November 3 to November 11, 2001. The event will take place at HC Rotterdam’s brand new NLG 24 million, 8,000-seating facility, which opened in August and will be the first...
, Rotterdam (2nd) - 2002 – World Cup2002 Men's Hockey World CupThe 2002 Hockey World Cup for men is the 10th tournament of the Hockey World Cup, held from February 24 to March 9, 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
, Kuala Lumpur (2nd) - 2002 – Commonwealth Games2002 Commonwealth GamesThe 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
, Manchester (1st) - 2003 – Champions Trophy2003 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)The 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy took place in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. The event started August 16 and ended on August 24, 2003....
, Amstelveen (2nd) - 2005 – Champions Trophy2005 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)The 2005 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy took place in the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai, India. The event started December 10 and ended on December 18, 2005.=Head Coach: Barry Dancer#Jamie Dwyer#Liam de Young#Michael McCann#Nathan Eglington...
, Chennai (1st) - 2006 – Commonwealth Games2006 Commonwealth GamesThe 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
, Melbourne (1st)