Craig Victory (born 3 February 1980 in

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) is a

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striker from

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who played 102 international games for the

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, the Kookaburras. He is a Commonwealth Games, World Cup and Champions Trophy Gold Medalist and was an Olympic Bronze Medalist with the

the Kookaburras at the

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. As a successful coach, he has served as head coach of the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) hockey program, head coach of the 2011 winning SA Suns (formerly Southern Suns) in the

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, Australian Junior Women's coach and assistant coach to the gold medal-winning Hockeyroos at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Personal

Craig lives in Adelaide, South Australia.

Field Hockey - Playing

Club Hockey

Craig played club hockey for the Port Adelaide District Hockey Club Magpies.

State Hockey

He represented South Australia as part of the Southern Hotshots (now known as the SA Hotshots).

International Hockey

Craig was a member of the

the Kookaburras from 1999 to 2006, playing 102 games and scoring 36 goals. He was a part of the bronze medal-winning Men's team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a silver and gold medal at the World Cup and Commonwealth Games respectively. He had his jaw broken following an on field incident involving Pakistan captain Muhammad Saqlain in a match at the Hamburg Masters in August 2005. International Playing Career tournaments included: * 1999 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy (Brisbane, AUS) – 1st GOLD * 2000 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy (Amstelveen, NED) – 5th *

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

(Sydney, AUS) – 3rd BRONZE * 2001 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy (Rotterdam, NED) – 2nd SILVER *

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Manchester, England, ...

(Manchester, ENG) – 1st GOLD * 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup (Kuala Lumpur, MAS) – 2nd SILVER * 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy (Amstelveen, NED) – 2nd SILVER

Field Hockey - Coaching

State Coaching

Craig was head hockey coach of the South Australian Sports Institute program and also served as the Hockey SA Game Development Manager in the early/mid 2000s. He coached the peak South Australian State Representative team, the SA Suns (then Southern Suns) to victory in the 2011

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International Coaching

Craig was selected as coach of the Australian U21 Junior women's team, the Jillaroos, in January 2013 and coached them until 2016. Key tournaments were: *2013 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup (Monchengladbach, Germany) – 6th He was also a part of the Senior Women's team, the Hockeyroos, staff as assistant coach for: *

2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals The 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals took place in June 2013. A total of 16 teams competing in 2 events were part in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final, Final ...

(London, England) – 1st *

2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final The 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final was the 1st edition of the Finals of the FIH Hockey World League for women. It was held from 30 November to 8 December 2013 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. The Netherlands won the tourname ...

(Tucuman, Argentina) – 2nd SILVER *

2014 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 13th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 31 May to 14 June 2014 at the Kyocera Stadion in The Hague, Netherlands. simultaneously with the 2014 Men's Hockey W ...

(The Hague, Netherlands) – 2nd SILVER *

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

(Glasgow, Scotland) – 1st GOLD

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Victory, Craig 1980 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Male field hockey forwards Australian field hockey coaches Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players from Adelaide Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games field hockey players for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games South Australian Sports Institute coaches Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from South Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen