Travis Neil Brooks OAM (born 16 July 1980 in

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) is a

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forward from

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, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the

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. He made his international debut in

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, on 15 February 2003, during the second Test of the series against the Netherlands, and played a starring role in The Kookaburras Sultan Azlan Shah Cup win in January 2004 with two goals in the final. Brooks played in the Australian team at the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

, winning a bronze medal. Travis Brooks retired from International Hockey in November 2008 with 143 International Cap

after competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He now lives in Melbourne and is actively part of the Waverley Hockey Club, his original local club. On 26 January 2005, Brooks was awarded the

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for "service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games."

International tournaments

* 2004 –

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, Athens (1st place) * 2005 –

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, Chennai (1st place) * 2006 –

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, Melbourne (1st place) * 2007 –

, Kuala Lumpur (2nd place) * 2008 –

, Beijing (3rd place)

Trivia

On 14 January 2009 Travis was the subject of the first episode of the second series of popular Australian television documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?. The episode was notable for the confirmation that Travis is indeed the Great-nephew (maternal side) of American country & western legend

Garth Brooks Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American Country music, country singer and songwriter. His integration of pop and rock elements into the country genre has earned him his immense popularity, particularly in the United States, ...

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