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Troy Elder

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Troy Elder
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's field hockey
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2002 Kuala Lumpur Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Mönchengladbach Team
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 1999 Brisbane Team
Silver medal – second place 2001 Rotterdam Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Amstelveen Team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Lahore Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester Team

Troy Elder OAM[1] (born 15 October 1977 in Bunbury, Western Australia) is a field hockey striker and midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the golden medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Four years earlier, when Sydney hosted the Olympic Games, Elder finished in third spot with The Kookaburras, as the national team is called.

Elder originated from Bundaberg, Queensland, where he played for the All Blacks Hockey Club. Nicknamed Woody, Elder shot into limelight as a player with the National Junior Squad, that won the Hockey Junior World Cup at Milton Keynes in 1997 against India. After the 1998 Australian Hockey League season with the Queensland Blades, Elder got into the senior National Squad at the 1998 Champions Trophy in Lahore, where Australia won the bronze. He was part of the winning team in the 1999 Champions Trophy at Brisbane.

Just like his countrymen Jay Stacy and Michael Brennan, Elder moved to the Netherlands, where he played club hockey for Eindhoven's Oranje Zwart, with whom he won the Dutch title in the spring of 2005. The price was high, because during the Dutch play-offs he neglected the call from Australia's Head Coach Barry Dancer to come over for a training session with the men's National Team. He therefore had to miss the 2005 Champions Trophy in Chennai and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

Having retired from international hockey, Elder played club hockey for United Hockey in Brisbane for some time whilst still representing the Queensland Blades. A plumber by profession, he is fond of surfing and fishing.

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 2 November 1998 Lahore, Pakistan  South Korea 1–1 1–1 1998 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
2. 3 November 1998  Pakistan 4–3 4–4
3. 13 June 1999 Brisbane, Australia  Spain 2–0 2–0 1999 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
4. 14 June 1999  Netherlands 1–0 2–1
5. 18 June 1999  Pakistan 1–0 1–2
6. 20 June 1999  South Korea 2–0 3–1
7. 28 May 2000 Amstelveen, Netherlands  Spain 1–1 1–1 2000 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
8. 30 May 2000  Great Britain 1–0 3–3
9. 2–0
10. 30 September 2000 Sydney, Australia  Pakistan 1–0 6–3 2000 Summer Olympics
11. 2–1
12. 5–2
13. 2 August 2001 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Pakistan 3–1 5–3 2001 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
14. 4–1
15. 4 August 2001  Germany 1–1 2–6
16. 2–4
17. 7 August 2001  India 3–2 3–2
18. 10 August 2001  Malaysia 3–1 7–1
19. 4–1
20. 7–1
21. 12 August 2001  Pakistan 1–0 4–3
22. 4 November 2001 Rotterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands 2–1 3–2 2001 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
23. 7 November 2001  England 2–1 3–2
24. 10 November 2001  South Korea 3–1 5–3
25. 4–1
26. 24 February 2002 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  Malaysia 2–0 3–0 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup
27. 3–0
28. 27 February 2002  Poland 4–1 5–1
29. 4 March 2002  South Korea 2–0 4–2
30. 9 March 2002  Germany 1–0 1–2
31. 27 July 2002 Manchester, England  New Zealand 3–1 6–1 2002 Commonwealth Games
32. 4–1
33. 30 July 2002  Barbados 6–0 20–1
34. 8–0
35. 19–1
36. 4 August 2002  New Zealand 1–0 5–2
37. 16 August 2003 Amstelveen, Netherlands  Pakistan 2–3 4–3 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
38. 19 August 2003  India 3–0 4–1
39. 23 August 2003  Argentina 5–1 8–3
40. 24 August 2003  Netherlands 2–2 4–2
41. 20 September 2003 Wellington, New Zealand  New Zealand 1–1 4–3 2003 Men's Oceania Cup
42. 2–2
43. 3–3
44. 21 September 2003  New Zealand 3–1 4–1
45. 10 January 2004 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  South Korea 1–0 1–1 2004 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
46. 12 January 2004  Malaysia 2–1 3–2
47. 3–1
48. 13 January 2004  India 2–2 4–2
49. 18 January 2004  Pakistan 4–2 4–3
50. 15 August 2004 Athens, Greece  New Zealand 1–0 4–1 2004 Summer Olympics
51. 19 August 2004  India 1–1 4–3
52. 25 August 2004  Spain 1–0 6–3
53. 18 June 2006 Ipoh, Malaysia  India 1–0 4–1 2006 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
54. 22 July 2006 Terrassa, Spain  Pakistan 2–1 3–2 2006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
55. 3–2
56. 23 July 2006  Netherlands 1–0 1–1

References

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  1. ^ "Mickelberg lawyer humbled by Australia Day award". ABC News (Australia). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 January 2005. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
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