Matthew Gohdes (born 18 May 1990) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the
Queensland Blades
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The Blades have been the most successful team to play in recent years. Their home ground is the State Hockey Centre at Col ...
in the
. He made his debut for the
Australia men's national field hockey team
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in 2009 during a five-game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He won a gold medal at the
2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
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Teams
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and a bronze medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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Personal
Gohdes is from Rockhampton, Queensland.
[ His cousin is former national team teammate ]Jamie Dwyer
Jamie Dwyer (born 12 March 1979) is an Australian field hockey player. He currently plays for YMCC Coastal City Hockey Club in the Melville Toyota League in Perth, Western Australia. He previously played for the Queensland Blades in the Austr ...
. Gohdes never played a game with his cousin until he was named to the national team.[ His flatmate was teammate ]Matthew Swann
Matthew David Swann (born 16 May 1989) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australian men's national field hockey team, making his first cap in 2009. ...
.[
Gohdes is married to fellow former ]Australian
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representative, Jill Gohdes. The couple married in December 2015 and have one child.
Field hockey
Gohdes plays in the for the Queensland Blades.[ In 2010, he played in the final game of the season for his state team in the Australian Hockey League.][ He played for the ]Queensland Blades
The Queensland Blades are a men's Australian field hockey team, representing Queensland in the Australian Hockey League.
The Blades have been the most successful team to play in recent years. Their home ground is the State Hockey Centre at Col ...
in the first found of the 2011 season. He currently plays for the Delhi Waveriders
Delhi Waveriders was a professional field hockey team based in Delhi that played in the Hockey India League. It was owned by The Wave Group.
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in the Hockey India League
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It was founded in 2013 as a part ...
In 2009, Gohdes, Jonathon Charlesworth and Brent Dancer made their national team debut during a five-game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia against Malaysia. He was a member of the national team in 2010. That year, he was a member of the team that finished first at the Hockey Champions Trophy
The Hockey Champions Trophy (HCT) was an international field hockey tournament held by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). It featured the top 6 ranked nations in that year.
History
Founded in 1978 by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan and ...
.[ In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the ]2012 Summer Olympics
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Australian men's national training squad. This squad was narrowed in June 2012. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia
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. In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina. He played for the Kookaburras in their 3–1 victory over the Australian A team in the first round of the competition. He scored the team's first goal in the first five minutes of the game. He later scored the team's third goal. In a game for the Kookaburras against Argentina, his team won 4–0 and he scored a goal. He is one of several Queensland based players likely to play in a three-game test series to be played in Cairns, Queensland
Cairns (; ) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. In the , Cairns had a population of 153,181 people.
The city was founded in 1876 and named after Sir William Welling ...
from 22 to 25 June against the New Zealand's Black Stickss. Final Olympic section will occur several days before this test and his inclusion in the series will be contingent upon being selected.[
He was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Australia won a bronze medal. He was part of the Australian team that won gold at the ]2014 Commonwealth Games
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1990 births
Living people
Australian male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for Australia
Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games gold medallists in field hockey
Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Hockey India League players
Delhi Waveriders players
2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Sportspeople from Rockhampton
Sportsmen from Queensland
21st-century Australian sportsmen