Troy Elder

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.

Troy Elder
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's field hockey
Olympic Games
2004 AthensTeam
2000 SydneyTeam
World Cup
2002 Kuala LumpurTeam
2006 MönchengladbachTeam
Champions Trophy
1999 BrisbaneTeam
2001 RotterdamTeam
2003 AmstelveenTeam
1998 LahoreTeam
Commonwealth Games
2002 ManchesterTeam

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
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 November 1998Lahore, Pakistan South Korea1–11–11998 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
2.3 November 1998 Pakistan4–34–4
3.13 June 1999Brisbane, Australia Spain2–02–01999 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
4.14 June 1999 Netherlands1–02–1
5.18 June 1999 Pakistan1–01–2
6.20 June 1999 South Korea2–03–1
7.28 May 2000Amstelveen, Netherlands Spain1–11–12000 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
8.30 May 2000 Great Britain1–03–3
9.2–0
10.30 September 2000Sydney, Australia Pakistan1–06–32000 Summer Olympics
11.2–1
12.5–2
13.2 August 2001Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Pakistan3–15–32001 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
14.4–1
15.4 August 2001 Germany1–12–6
16.2–4
17.7 August 2001 India3–23–2
18.10 August 2001 Malaysia3–17–1
19.4–1
20.7–1
21.12 August 2001 Pakistan1–04–3
22.4 November 2001Rotterdam, Netherlands Netherlands2–13–22001 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
23.7 November 2001 England2–13–2
24.10 November 2001 South Korea3–15–3
25.4–1
26.24 February 2002Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia2–03–02002 Men's Hockey World Cup
27.3–0
28.27 February 2002 Poland4–15–1
29.4 March 2002 South Korea2–04–2
30.9 March 2002 Germany1–01–2
31.27 July 2002Manchester, England New Zealand3–16–12002 Commonwealth Games
32.4–1
33.30 July 2002 Barbados6–020–1
34.8–0
35.19–1
36.4 August 2002 New Zealand1–05–2
37.16 August 2003Amstelveen, Netherlands Pakistan2–34–32003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
38.19 August 2003 India3–04–1
39.23 August 2003 Argentina5–18–3
40.24 August 2003 Netherlands2–24–2
41.20 September 2003Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand1–14–32003 Men's Oceania Cup
42.2–2
43.3–3
44.21 September 2003 New Zealand3–14–1
45.10 January 2004Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia South Korea1–01–12004 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
46.12 January 2004 Malaysia2–13–2
47.3–1
48.13 January 2004 India2–24–2
49.18 January 2004 Pakistan4–24–3
50.15 August 2004Athens, Greece New Zealand1–04–12004 Summer Olympics
51.19 August 2004 India1–14–3
52.25 August 2004 Spain1–06–3
53.18 June 2006Ipoh, Malaysia India1–04–12006 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
54.22 July 2006Terrassa, Spain Pakistan2–13–22006 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
55.3–2
56.23 July 2006 Netherlands1–01–1

References
  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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