Andrew Smith (born 1 November 1978 in

Wollongong, New South Wales Wollongong ( ; Dharawal: ''Woolyungah'') is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near water' or 'sound ...

) is a former

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

striker from

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

. He played in two games at the 2008 Beijing Games, where the

Kookaburras Kookaburras (pronounced ) are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus ''Dacelo'' native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between in length and weigh around . The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri ''guuguubarra'', onomatopoeic o ...

won the bronze medal. From 2011 until 2020 he was employed as a teacher and head coach of the hockey program at

Maribyrnong College Maribyrnong College, also known as Maribyrnong Secondary College, and formerly known as Maribyrnong High School, is a government-funded secondary day school that specialises in sports, located in Maribyrnong in the inner western suburbs of M ...

.Andrew Smith – Maribyrnong Sports Academy
/ref> He was employed as a Physical Education teacher at the start of 2021 for Nhulunbuy Christian College in

Nhulunbuy Nhulunbuy () is a town and locality in the far north of the Northern Territory of Australia. Founded on the Gove Peninsula in north-east Arnhem Land when a bauxite mine and deep water port were established in the late 1960s, the town's econ ...

. He now teaches at St Joseph’s college in Geelong doing PE and outdoor ed, teaching kids like jordy mcmahon.

References

Profile on Hockey Australia

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Andrew 1978 births Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Field hockey players from Melbourne Living people 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Sportspeople from Wollongong Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Australian schoolteachers