Lachlan Dreher
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Competitor for  Australia |
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| Men's Field Hockey | |||
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| Silver | 1992 Barcelona | Team Competition | |
| Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | Team Competition | |
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | Team Competition | |
| Champions Trophy | |||
| Gold | 1999 Brisbane | Team Competition | |
Lachlan George Dreher (born April 11, 1967 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Australia, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. At each appearance the risk engineer won a medal, although most of the time he was the stand-in for first choice Damon Diletti.
Dreher was nicknamed Lachie by his team mates, and he managed to juggle a successful career as an engineer with a busy international hockey schedule before his retirement from The Kookaburras team after the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. There Australia finished second behind Germany. "A strong, agile and brave keeper with a good technique", according to the experts, his international career spanned thirteen years with – apart from three Olympic medals – four Champions Trophy gold medals.
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Australia Men's Field Hockey Team - 1996 Olympic Games | |
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Mark Hager | Stephen Davies | Baeden Choppy | Lachlan Elmer | Stuart Carruthers | Grant Smith | Damon Diletti | Lachlan Dreher | Brendan Garard | Paul Gaudoin | Paul Lewis | Matthew Smith | Jay Stacy | Daniel Sproule | Ken Wark | Michael York | Head Coach: Frank Murray |
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