Lachlan Busiko (born 13 January 1998) is a

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 from Australia.

Personal life

Lachlan Busiko was born and raised in

Naracoorte, South Australia Naracoorte is a town in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, approximately 336 kilometres south-east of Adelaide and 100 kilometres north of Mount Gambier on the Riddoch Highway (A66). History Before the colonisation of South Austral ...

. He is a current scholarship holder at the

South Australian Institute of Sport Sport plays an important role in the business, community, social and cultural life in South Australia. Sport as entertainment plays an important role with South Australia having the second highest rate of event attendance of all states and terri ...

(SASI).

Career

Junior national team

In 2017, Busiko made his debut for the Australia U–21 side, the 'Burras', at 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 ...

. Busiko again appeared at the

in 2018, winning a bronze medal with the team. In 2019, Busiko was named to the national junior squad for the third time, as well as being named in the team for the 2019 Sultan of Johor Cup.

Adelaide Fire

Following the establishment of the

Adelaide Fire Adelaide Fire is an Australian professional field hockey club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club was established in 2019, and is one of 7 established to compete in Hockey Australia's new premier domestic competition, Hockey One. The cl ...

in 2019, Lachlan Busiko was presented as the headline player for the men's team. He was also named as team captain for the inaugural tournament of the Sultana Bran Hockey One League, Australia's new premier domestic competition.

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* * 1998 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders South Australian Sports Institute alumni Field hockey people from South Australia Sportsmen from South Australia {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub