Brent Livermore

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Brent Livermore
Medal record
Men’s Field Hockey
Competitor for  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens Team
Bronze 2000 Sydney Team
Champions Trophy
Gold 1999 Brisbane Team
Gold 2005 Chennai Team
Gold 2009 Melbourne Team
Silver 2003 Amstelveen Team
Silver 2007 Kuala Lumpur Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold 2002 Manchester Team
Gold 2006 Melbourne Team

Brent James Livermore OAM (born 5 July 1976 in Grafton, New South Wales) is a field hockey midfielder from Australia. He was first selected in the Australian team in 1997, and was awarded the Kookaburras player of the year award in 2001. He was also nominated of the FIH player of the year awards in 2002 and 2005. He has played over 300 matches for the Australian team, and has scored 30 international goals. He plays for the NSW Waratahs in the Australian Hockey League.[1]

Brent Livermore won the gold medal with the Kooraburras at the 2004 Olympics, but was omitted from the 2008 Olympic squad that placed third in Beijing.[2]

In the World Series Hockey organized by the Indian Hockey Federation and Nimbus Sport, Brent Livermore captains the Chennai Cheetahs, a Chennai-based Hockey team.[3]

International tournaments

  • 1997 - Champions Trophy, Adelaide (2nd place)
  • 1998 - Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur (1st place)
  • 1998 - Champions Trophy, Lahore (3rd place)
  • 1999 - Champions Trophy, Brisbane (1st place)
  • 2000 - Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (5th place)
  • 2000 - Olympic Games, Sydney (3rd place)
  • 2001 - Champions Trophy, Rotterdam (2nd place)
  • 2002 - World Cup, Kuala Lumpur (2nd place)
  • 2002 - Commonwealth Games, Manchester (1st place)
  • 2002 - Champions Trophy, Cologne (5th place)
  • 2003 - Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place)
  • 2004 - Olympic Games, Athens (1st place)
  • 2005 - Champions Trophy, Chennai (1st place)
  • 2006 - Commonwealth Games, Melbourne (1st place)
  • 2006 - Champions Trophy, Terrassa (4th place)
  • 2006 - World Cup, Mönchengladbach (2nd place)
  • 2007 - Champions Trophy, Kuala Lumpur (2nd place)
  • 2009 - Champions Trophy, Kuala Lumpur (1st place)

References

  1. "Hockey Australia: Brent Livermore, OAM". Hockey.org.au. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  2. By staff writers (11 July 2008). "Brent Livermore vows he won't retire". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  3. Keerthivasan, K. (7 March 2012). "Bend it like Brent". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 

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