Eddie Ockenden

Edward "Eddie" Clyve Ockenden (born 3 April 1987) is an Australian field hockey player.

As a member of the senior men's team, he represented Australia at the 2008 Games where he earned a bronze medal.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was again part of an Australian team that won the bronze medal.

[10] Ockenden turned professional in 2008, when he signed a deal and played for Laren, a Dutch team.

In 2005, as a member of the U21 national team, he earned a silver medal at the Junior World Cup.

[8] In December 2007, he was a member of the Kookaburras squad that competed in the Dutch Series in Canberra.

[2] He scored two goals in the bronze medal game against the Netherlands in the country's 6–1 victory.

[5] In 2009, he won a gold medal at the Men's Hockey Champions Trophy competition.

[22][23] In 2010, he represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games,[14] where he won a gold medal when his side beat India 8–0 in front of an Indian home crowd.

In the 2–1 victory in the gold medal round against Germany, he scored a goal in the sixth minute.

[25] While at the World Cup, the Indian hosts provided extensive security for him and other hockey competitors.

[29][30] In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national training squad.

[31][32][33] 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.

[3] In 2008, he was honoured by being named the Young Player of the Year by the International Hockey Federation.