Matt Gohdes

Matthew Gohdes (born 18 May 1990) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League. He made his debut for the Australia men's national field hockey team in 2009 during a five-game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He won a gold medal at the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Matt Gohdes
Gohdes in 2012
Personal information
Birth nameMatthew Gohdes
Nickname(s)Gohdesy
NationalityAustralian
Born (1990-05-08) 8 May 1990
Rockhampton, Queensland
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportField hockey
Event(s)Men's team
ClubQLD Blades
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonTeam
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 The HagueTeam
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place2010 MönchengladbachTeam
Bronze medal – third place2014 BhubaneswarTeam
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2014 GlasgowTeam

Personal

Gohdes is from Rockhampton, Queensland.[1][2][3] His cousin is former national team teammate Jamie Dwyer.[3] Gohdes never played a game with his cousin until he was named to the national team.[3] His flatmate was teammate Matthew Swann.[3]

Gohdes is married to fellow former Australian representative, Jill Gohdes. The couple married in December 2015 and have one child.[4][5]

Field hockey

Gohdes plays in the Australian Hockey League for the Queensland Blades.[3] In 2010, he played in the final game of the season for his state team in the Australian Hockey League.[6] He played for the Queensland Blades in the first found of the 2011 season. He currently plays for the Delhi Waveriders in the Hockey India League[7]

In 2009, Gohdes, Jonathon Charlesworth and Brent Dancer made their national team debut during a five-game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia against Malaysia.[3][8] He was a member of the national team in 2010.[6] That year, he was a member of the team that finished first at the Hockey Champions Trophy.[6] In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national training squad. This squad will be narrowed in June 2012. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia.[9][10][11] In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina.[1] He played for the Kookaburras in their 3–1 victory over the Australian A team in the first round of the competition. He scored the team's first goal in the first five minutes of the game. He later scored the team's third goal.[12] In a game for the Kookaburras against Argentina, his team won 4–0 and he scored a goal.[13] He is one of several Queensland based players likely to play in a three-game test series to be played in Cairns, Queensland from 22 to 25 June against the New Zealand's Black Stickss. Final Olympic section will occur several days before this test and his inclusion in the series will be contingent upon being selected.[2]

He was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Australia won a bronze medal.[14] He was part of the Australian team that won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[15]

References
  1. "Kookaburras begin their Olympic Games Campaign". Perth, Western Australia: Hockey Australia. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  2. "Cairns hosts international hockey clash". The Cairns Sun. Cairns, Australia. 15 February 2012. p. 4. TSU_T-20120215-1-004-877399. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  3. Stannard, Damien (18 October 2009). "Family stick together". Sunday Mail. Brisbane, Australia. p. 91.
  4. "Tigers strengthen BHL title hope". quest.smedia.com.au. Easts Hockey Club. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  5. "Family ties bind Kookaburras players as Rockhampton hockey trio heads to Olympics". abc.net.au. ABC News. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  6. "hockey – Top guns take the field for finals". Westside News. Brisbane, Australia. 18 August 2010. p. 79. WSN_T-20100818-1-079-091512. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  7. "Scoreboard". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. 13 June 2011. p. 55. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  8. "Charlesworth welcomes son". The Australian. Australia. Australian Associated Press. 2 October 2009. p. 37. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  9. "Kookaburras name training squad for 2012 Olympic Games". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Australian Associated Press. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  10. "FOR THE RECORD". The Australian. Sydney, Australia. 15 December 2011. p. 35. AUS_T-20111215-1-035-447690. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  11. "SCOREBOARD". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. 15 December 2011. p. 116. DTM_T-20111215-1-116-447684. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  12. Todorovic, Damien (9 February 2012). "Kookaburras secure first-up win against Australia A". Sunday Times. Perth, Western Australia. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  13. "Una gira sin alegría para la selección masculina" (in Spanish). Canchallena.com. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  14. "Matt Gohdes Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  15. "Glasgow 2014 - Matt Gohdes Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
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