Travis Brooks
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Travis Neil Brooks OAM (born 16 July 1980 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a field hockey forward from Australia, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He made his international debut in Canberra, on 15 February 2003, during the second Test of the series against the Netherlands, and played a starring role in The Kookaburras Sultan Azlan Shah Cup win in January 2004 with two goals in the final. Brooks played in the Australian team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, winning a bronze medal.
Travis Brooks | ||
Medal record | ||
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Men’s Field Hockey | ||
Representing Australia | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2004 Athens | Team | |
2008 Beijing | Team | |
World Cup | ||
2006 Mönchengladbach | Team | |
Champions Trophy | ||
2005 Chennai | Team | |
2008 Rotterdam | Team | |
2007 Kuala Lumpur | Team | |
Commonwealth Games | ||
2006 Melbourne | Team |
Travis Brooks retired from International Hockey in November 2008 with 143 International Caps , after competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He now lives in Melbourne and is actively part of the Waverley Hockey Club, his original local club.
On 26 January 2005, Brooks was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games."[1]