Grant Schubert

Grant Schubert
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	1 August 1980 (age 43)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Field hockey
Event	Men's team
Medal record
Men’s Field Hockey
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Champions Trophy
Commonwealth Games
World Cup

Grant Schubert (OAM) (born 1 August 1980 in Loxton, South Australia) is a field hockey striker from Australia, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.^[1]^[2] He was named World Hockey Young Player of the Year by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in December 2003.^[3]

Schubert now lives in Western Australia.^[4]^[5]

Schubert was honoured as the most promising player at the

2008 Olympic Games semi-final and bronze medal play-off matches due to a knee injury sustained in the last minor round game vs Great Britain.^[8]

In 2006, Schubert represented Australia at the Azlan Shah tournament in Malaysia.[9] He competed in the 2007 Champions Trophy competition for Australia.^[10] In January 2008, he was a member of the senior national team that competed at the Five Nations men's hockey tournament in South Africa.^[11] He represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, playing in the team's 6-1 victory over Canada and scoring the team's third goal.^[12]

New national team coach

Perth, Western Australia.^[4]

International tournaments

2003 –

Champions Trophy

, Amstelveen (2nd place)

2004 – Olympic Games, Athens (1st place)
2005 – Champions Trophy, Chennai (1st place)
2005 – RaboTrophy, Amsterdam (2nd place)
2006 – Commonwealth Games, Melbourne (1st place)
2006 – Champions Trophy, Terrassa (4th place)
2007 – Champions Trophy, Kuala Lumpur (2nd place)
2008 – Olympic Games, Beijing (3rd place)
2008 – Champions Trophy, Rotterdam (1st place)
2009 – Champions Trophy, Melbourne (1st place)
2010 - FIH World Cup, New Delhi (1st place)

References

^ "Hockey SA About Us - South Australian Olympians". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ Olympic results Archived 3 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ Past winners WorldHockey Player of the Year Award
^ ^a ^b Barrow, Tim (15 December 2011). "Govers on his way to London Games - HOCKEY". Illawarra Mercury. Wollongong, Australia. p. 69. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b Hand, Guy (7 December 2009). "Epic fightback from Kookaburras secures perfect 10 - HOCKEY". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia. AAP. p. 12. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
^ Dutch down Kookaburras
^ Dream final in Monchengladbach
^ Schubert out with knee injury
^ Malarski, Paul (22 May 2006). "Tassie teenager in Australian team". Hobart Mercury. Hobart, Australia. p. 48. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
^ "Ockenden to miss Trophy But Dancer recalls Wells". Hobart Mercury. Hobart, Australia. 5 October 2007. p. 48. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
^ "Bulletin Wire: Fresh faces for next Kookaburras tour". Bulletin Wire. Australia: Financial Times Information Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 20 December 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
^ Hinds, Richard (12 August 2008). "Dwyer injury scare mars Kookas' romp - BEIJING 08 - DAY 4 - HOCKEY - Australia 6 Canada 1". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. p. 7. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
^ "Carroll, Abbott in new-look Kookaburras". Northern Territory News. Darwin, Australia. 15 April 2009. p. 46. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
^ AAP (2 October 2009). "Charlesworth welcomes son". The Australian. Australia. p. 37. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
^ "Canberra Times: Lakers duo in Kookaburras side for series". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Information Limited — Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 14 November 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

External links

Grant Schubert at
Olympedia

Grant Schubert at the Australian Olympic Committee
Grant Schubert at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
Grant Schubert at the
Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)

Awards
Preceded by Jamie Dwyer	WorldHockey Young Player of the Year 2003	Succeeded by Santi Freixa

[Hockey_SA_About_Us_-_South_Australian_Olympians-1] "Hockey SA About Us - South Australian Olympians". Retrieved 9 January 2017.

[2] Olympic results Archived 3 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Past winners WorldHockey Player of the Year Award

[again-in-2011-4] Barrow, Tim (15 December 2011). "Govers on his way to London Games - HOCKEY". Illawarra Mercury. Wollongong, Australia. p. 69. Retrieved 14 March 2012.

[score-5-3-5] Hand, Guy (7 December 2009). "Epic fightback from Kookaburras secures perfect 10 - HOCKEY". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia. AAP. p. 12. Retrieved 15 March 2012.

[6] Dutch down Kookaburras

[7] Dream final in Monchengladbach

[8] Schubert out with knee injury

[ocken-is-stirker-9] Malarski, Paul (22 May 2006). "Tassie teenager in Australian team". Hobart Mercury. Hobart, Australia. p. 48. Retrieved 15 March 2012.

[2007-trophy-missed-10] "Ockenden to miss Trophy But Dancer recalls Wells". Hobart Mercury. Hobart, Australia. 5 October 2007. p. 48. Retrieved 15 March 2012.

[with-team-2007-11] "Bulletin Wire: Fresh faces for next Kookaburras tour". Bulletin Wire. Australia: Financial Times Information Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 20 December 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2012.

[striker-2-dwyer-12] Hinds, Richard (12 August 2008). "Dwyer injury scare mars Kookas' romp - BEIJING 08 - DAY 4 - HOCKEY - Australia 6 Canada 1". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. p. 7. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

[newplayers-2009-13] "Carroll, Abbott in new-look Kookaburras". Northern Territory News. Darwin, Australia. 15 April 2009. p. 46. Retrieved 15 March 2012.

[is-a-doctor-14] AAP (2 October 2009). "Charlesworth welcomes son". The Australian. Australia. p. 37. Retrieved 14 March 2012.

[burgers-act-15] "Canberra Times: Lakers duo in Kookaburras side for series". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Information Limited — Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 14 November 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

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