Lachlan Thomas Sharp (born 2 July 1997) is an Australian

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player who plays as a midfielder or forward for the Australian national team.

Career

Sharp was born in

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, and made his senior international debut at the 2016-17 Hockey World League Final in

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. Sharp was part of the Australian men's junior national team 'The Burras' at the 2016 Hockey Junior World Cup in India, where the team finished 4th. In March 2018, Sharp was selected in the

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national squad for the

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. The team won the gold medal, defeating

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2–0 in the final. Sharp was selected in the

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Olympics squad for the

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. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.

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* * * 1997 births Living people Sportsmen from New South Wales Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Male field hockey forwards Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 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 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Australian expatriate field hockey players 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Lithgow, New South Wales 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub