Damon Diletti
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Damon Laurance Diletti is a former field hockey
goalkeeper from Australia
, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. At each appearance the electrician
won a medal.
Diletti was nickname
d Dingo by his team mates, and was a member of The Kookaburras team for nine years. Apart from three Olympics he participated in two Hockey World Cup
s and six Champions Trophy tournaments. He resigned after the 2000 Summer Olympics
, after playing 133 international matches for Australia.
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...
goalkeeper 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...
, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. At each appearance the electrician
Electrician
An electrician is a tradesman specializing in electrical wiring of buildings, stationary machines and related equipment. Electricians may be employed in the installation of new electrical components or the maintenance and repair of existing electrical infrastructure. Electricians may also...
won a medal.
Diletti was nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
d Dingo by his team mates, and was a member of The Kookaburras team for nine years. Apart from three Olympics he participated in two Hockey World Cup
Hockey World Cup
The Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation . The tournament was started in 1971...
s and six Champions Trophy tournaments. He resigned after the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, after playing 133 international matches for Australia.