16 members Australian Men's Hockey Team for Paris 2024 Olympics The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) announced this on Monday. Kookaburra The lead is Alan Zalewski At this year's Summer Olympics.
The Australian men's team for Paris 2024 boasts a wealth of experience, with every player selected having played more than 50 international matches.
veteran Eddie Ockenden He will be competing in his fifth Olympic Games, becoming the first Australian hockey player to do so.
“Every Olympic campaign is different and there are different emotions and you want to take the lessons from the past, improve and use the experience to your advantage, but playing in the Olympics is the greatest thing you can do as a hockey player,” Ockenden told Hockey Australia.
of Kookaburras team for the Paris 2024 Games There are also some family connections to Olympic hockey: Jake Harvey's grandfather Gordon Pearce was a three-time hockey Olympian, and Blake Govers' brother Kieran was a Rio 2016 Olympian.
Tom Wickham, who scored a goal in the men's ice hockey final at Tokyo 2020 to force the game into a penalty shootout, will lead the way from the front alongside Olympic debutant Kai Allott and Blake Glovers.
Goalkeeper Andrew Charter is the only one named in the 16-man squad, while Johan Durst, who was part of the gold medal-winning team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, is on the reserve list.
Kookaburras coach Colin Batch has named Flynn Oglivy, Lachlan Sharpe and Jacob Whetton as his midfield candidates, along with captain Zalewski – all four of whom qualified for Tokyo 2020.
The Australian men's hockey team last won Olympic gold in Athens in 2004. They came close to winning silver at the last Tokyo Games, beating Belgium on penalties.
The Kookaburras go into Paris 2024 having recently won the 2023-24 FIH Pro League, beating the Netherlands by three points.
Their quest for a second Olympic gold medal begins on 27 July when they face Rio 2016 champions Argentina in Pool B, which also includes reigning champions Belgium, India and Ireland, as well as neighbours New Zealand.
Australia's Paris 2024 men's hockey team
Goalkeeper: Andrew Charter
Defender: Joshua Beltz, Matthew Dawson, Jake Harvey, Jeremy Hayward, Edward Ockenden, Corey Weyer
Midfielder: Flynn Oglivie, Lachlan Sharp, Jacob Wetton, Alan Zalewski (captain)
Forward/striker: Tim Brand, Thomas Craig, Blake Glovers, Tom Wickham, Kai Willotte
Reserves: Johan Durst, Nathan Ephraims, Tim Howard
