Baeden Choppy

Baeden Ty Choppy (born 14 April 1976 in Mackay, Queensland) is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who was a member of the Men's National Hockey Team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Baeden Choppy
Personal information
Born14 April 1976 (1976-04-14) (age 47)
Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Medal record
Men's Field Hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1996 AtlantaTeam
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place1997 AdelaideTeam

Since 2004, Baeden has been working as a player-coach to a hockey team competing in the North Premier League, England. In 2017, Baeden returned to playing hockey in the Brisbane hockey league at the Kedron Wavell Wolves, re-uniting with former Olympics team-mate Matthew Smith (field hockey) who is the current top grade coach at that Club.

References

  • Australian Olympic Committee
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Baeden Choppy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.


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