Graham Reid (sportsman)

Olympic medal record
Men's Field Hockey
Competitor for  Australia
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Team Competition

Graham Reid (born 9 April 1964 in Redcliffe, Queensland) is a former field hockey defender and midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] Afterwards he played club hockey for the Dutch top team Amsterdam for two seasons (1993, 1994)^[2] returning in 1995 to play the Europa cup.

Reid played 130 internationals for Australia including two Olympic Games (1988, 1992),^[1] one World Cup (1990) and nine Champions Trophys (1984, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, and 92). He has also won the Olympians medal (WA Best and Fairest medal) 3 times (1995, 96, and 98) whilst playing for Victoria Park Xavier.^[3]

He was also an inaugural member of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) hockey unit in Perth, Western Australia in 1984^[4] and despite stints back in Queensland and Amsterdam has remained in Perth, where he lives with his wife and two children, Scott Reid and Emma Reid.

In 2009, he was appointed assistant coach of the Australian Mens Hockey Team (Kookaburras).^[5] During this time he was given the opportunity to take on the Head Coach position for the Champions Trophy in Melbourne in 2012. He guided the team to their 5th consecutive Champions Trophy gold medal. ^[6] In October 2013 he was given another opportunity to lead the Kookaburras at the Oceania Cup in Stratford, New Zealand. Here the Kookaburras won the Oceania Cup by defeating New Zealand 5 - 2 in the final and qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Den Haag. ^[7]

References

Australia squad – 2012 Champions Trophy – Gold medal 1 Dwyer 3 Orchard 5 Ciriello 7 Wilson 9 Knowles 10 Ford 11 Ockenden 12 Whetton 15 Carroll 18 White 20 Swann 21 Simpson 25 Mitton 26 Bazeley 27 Govers 28 Brown 30 Charter 31 Kavanagh Coach: Reid