Grant Schubert
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Men's field hockey | |||
| Gold | 2004 Athens | Team competition | |
Grant Schubert OAM (born August 1, 1980 in Loxton, South Australia) is a field hockey striker from Australia, who won the golden medal with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was named World Hockey Young Player of the Year by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in December 2003.
Schubert was honoured as the most promising player at the 2003 Champions Trophy with nine goals in six matches. Earlier that year, on July 9, he made his debut for The Kookaburras in a friendly match against Germany in Neuss. He played club hockey in The Netherlands after the Athens Games, first for Kampong in Utrecht, and after the relegation for HC Klein Zwitserland in The Hague. He had to miss the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup due to injury.
[edit] International Tournaments
- 2003 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place)
- 2004 – Olympic Games, Athens (1st place)
- 2005 – Champions Trophy, Chennai (1st place)
- 2006 – Commonwealth Games, Melbourne (1st place)
| Preceded by: Jamie Dwyer (AUS) |
WorldHockey Young Player of the Year 2003 |
Succeeded by: Santi Freixa (ESP) |
