Jayden Atkinson (born 9 July 2001) is an Australian

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shootin ...

player, who plays in the midfield.

Personal life

Jayden Atkinson was born and raised in

Cairns, Queensland Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...

Career

Under–21

In 2022, Atkinson made his debut for the Australia U–21 team during the

Sultan of Johor Cup The Sultan of Johor Cup is an annual, international under–21 men's field hockey tournament held in Malaysia. Since the first edition held in 2011, five teams have emerged victorious. India men's national under-21 field hockey team, India and ...

in Johor Bahru.

Kookaburras

Following a successful domestic league and junior appearance, Atkinson was added to the

Kookaburras Kookaburras 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 of its call. The l ...

squad for 2023. He made his international debut during

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of the

FIH Pro League FIH Pro League may refer to: *Men's FIH Pro League, a tournament in men's field hockey *Women's FIH Pro League The Women's FIH Pro League is an international women's field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FI ...

in Hobart.

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* * 2001 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Sportspeople from Cairns Sportsmen from Queensland {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub