Troy Elder
Troy Elder (born October 15, 1977 in Bunbury , Western Australia ) is an Australian hockey player . The midfielder was in the squad of the Australian national hockey team ( Kookaburras ), with which he won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics . At the 2000 Olympic Games , he won the bronze medal with the Australian team. Troy Elder is best known as a Sagittarius in penalty corners .
Elder played in Australia in the Australian Hockey League (AHL) for the Queensland Blades and was named Best Player at the 2002 Men's Field Hockey World Championship .
For the 2000/2001 season Elder switched to the Dutch Hoofd class to play with Oranje Zwart in Eindhoven . In 2005 he became Dutch champion with Oranje Zwart.
Web links
- Troy Elder in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Hockey Australia profile ( October 13, 2006 memento on Internet Archive )
- Profile on Hoofdklassehockey.nl ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Elder, Troy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bunbury , Western Australia |