Bevan George
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Bevan George is a retired field hockey
defender from Australia.
George won a gold medal with the Australia national field hockey team (The Kookaburras) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in Athens
, and captained The Kookaburras at the 2008 Summer Olympics
, where they won a bronze medal. George retired from international competition after the Beijing Games, having played 208 games for Australia.
He was also part of the Australian Junior Team that won the golden medal at the Junior World Cup in Milton Keynes
, 1997. George, nickname
d Jethro, played his 100th match for The Kookaburras on 23 May 2004 against Belgium during the European Tour. He was the captain of the team that won the Champions Trophy in December 2005 in Chennai
, where he was named Player of the Tournament, as well as captain.
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.
George won a gold medal with the Australia national field hockey team (The Kookaburras) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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...
in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, and captained The Kookaburras at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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...
, where they won a bronze medal. George retired from international competition after the Beijing Games, having played 208 games for Australia.
He was also part of the Australian Junior Team that won the golden medal at the Junior World Cup in Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
, 1997. George, nickname
Nickname
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d Jethro, played his 100th match for The Kookaburras on 23 May 2004 against Belgium during the European Tour. He was the captain of the team that won the Champions Trophy in December 2005 in Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, where he was named Player of the Tournament, as well as captain.
International Tournaments
- 2000 - Champions Trophy2000 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)The 2000 Men's Champions Trophy took place from May 27 to June 4, 2000 in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Participating nations were: titleholders Australia, Germany, Great Britain, hosting nation Netherlands, Korea and Spain...
, Amstelveen (5th place) - 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 place) - 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 place) - 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 place) - 2002 - Champions Trophy2002 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)The 2002 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy took place at the Rot Weiss Köln Hockey Club in Cologne, Germany. The event started on August 31 and ended on September 8, 2002...
, Cologne (5th place) - 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 place) - 2004 - Olympic GamesField hockey at the 2004 Summer OlympicsField 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...
, Athens (1st place) - 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 place) - 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 place) - 2006 - Champions Trophy2006 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)The 28th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for men held in Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain from July 22 to July 30, 2006. Six nations participating in this annual elite tournament, they are Argentina , reigning champions Australia, Germany, Pakistan, Netherlands, and hosts Spain.Netherlands emerged...
, Terrassa (4th place) - 2006 - World Cup2006 Men's Hockey World CupThe 2006 Hockey World Cup for men is the 11th edition of the Hockey World Cup. It held from September 6 to September 17, 2006 in Mönchengladbach, Germany....
, Mönchengladbach (2nd place) - 2007 - Champions Trophy, Kuala Lumpur (2nd place)
- 2008 - Olympic GamesField hockey at the 2008 Summer OlympicsField 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...
, Beijing (3rd place)