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Tom Wickham

Thomas Joseph Wickham (born 26 May 1990) is an Australian field hockey player, who plays as a forward.[1]

Tom Wickham
Personal information
Full name Thomas Joseph Wickham
Born (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990 (age 33)
Morgan, South Australia
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Perth Thundersticks
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Australia 59 (27)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Team
FIH World League
Gold medal – first place 2016–17 Bhubaneswar Team
Oceania Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sydney
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rockhampton

Personal life edit

Tom Wickham was born and raised in Morgan, South Australia.[2]

He played representative hockey for his home state South Australia until 2014, when he chose to represent Western Australia at a national level.[3]

Career edit

He made his international debut in May 2013 during a test series against Korea.[4]

Following his 2013 debut, Wickham did not represent Australia again until his recall into the senior men's squad in 2017.[5] His first appearance in 2017 was during a test series against Pakistan.[6]

Wickham's most notable performance with Australia was at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in the Gold Coast, Australia, where the Kookaburras won a gold medal.[7]

In 2019, Wickham represented Australia in season one of the FIH Pro League.[6]

He has since represented the team in the FIH Pro League's second season in 2020.[8]

Wickham was selected in the Kookaburras Olympics squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.[9]

International goals edit


Goal 		Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 28 March 2017 Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin, Australia   Pakistan 3–0 6–1 Test Match [10]
2 29 March 2017 1–0 3–0 [11]
3 2 May 2017 Azlan Shah Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia   India 3–1 3–1 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup [12]
4 17 July 2017 University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa   Japan 6–0 7–2 2016–17 HWL Semifinals [13]
5 23 July 2017   Spain 8–0 8–1 [14]
6 11 October 2017 Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia   PNG 9–0 30–0 2017 Oceania Cup [15]
7 15–0
8 18–0
9 24–0
10 25–0
11 15 October 2017   New Zealand 1–0 6–0 [16]
12 6–0
13 8 November 2017 State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne, Australia   Pakistan 8–1 9–1 2017 Int. Festival of Hockey [17]
14 11 November 2017   Japan 5–0 6–1 [18]
15 9 December 2017 Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India   Germany 3–0 3–0 2016–17 HWL Final [19]
16 8 April 2018 Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast, Australia   Scotland 3–0 6–1 XXI Commonwealth Games [20]
17 10 February 2019 Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart, Australia   Germany 3–2 4–2 2019 FIH Pro League [21]
18 17 March 2019 Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia   New Zealand 1–0 5–1 [22]
19 4–1
20 7 September 2019 Kalka Shades Hockey Fields, Rockhampton, Australia 2–0 2–2 2019 Oceania Cup [23]
21 1 February 2020 Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia   Great Britain 2–1 4–4 2020 FIH Pro League [24]
22 21 February 2020 Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India   India 2–0 4–3 [25]
23 6 March 2020 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia   Argentina 2–0 3–3 [26]
24 7 March 2020 4–0 5–1 [27]

References edit

  1. ^ "Tom Wickham". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Tom Wickham – Player Info". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. ^ "WICKHAM Tom". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Mitton hat-trick seals Kookaburras victory". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Kookaburras announce new squad members and International Hockey Open team". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b "WICKHAM Tom". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Tom WICKHAM". results.gc2018.com. GoldCoast2018. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Australia". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Australia 6–1 Pakistan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Australia 3–0 Pakistan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  12. ^ "India 1–3 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Australia 7–2 Japan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Australia 8–1 Spain". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Australia 30–0 Papua New Guinea". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Australia 6–0 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Australia 9–1 Pakistan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Australia 6–1 Japan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  19. ^ "Australia 3–0 Germany". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  20. ^ "Australia 6–1 Scotland". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  21. ^ "Australia 4–2 Germany". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  22. ^ "Australia 5–1 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Australia 2–2 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  24. ^ "Australia 4–4 Great Britain". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  25. ^ "India 3–4 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  26. ^ "Australia 3–3 Argentina". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  27. ^ "Australia 5–1 Argentina". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

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