Simon Orchard
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Muswellbrook, NSW | 9 July 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (12 st 4 lb; 172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Men's team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | Kookaburras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | Two | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simon Orchard (born July 1986) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for New South Wales in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team and has won several medals with them including gold at the 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, gold at the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup and gold at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Personal
Orchard was born in July 1986 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales.[2][3][4] His hobbies include playing golf and playing his guitar.[2] He took up hockey at the age of 11. He is married to Airlie Ogilvie, formerly of the Hockeyroos.[5]
Field hockey
Orchard plays for New South Wales in the Australian Hockey League.[4] He played in a June 2010 game for the New South Wales against the Tassie Tigers that New South Wales won 6–3. He scored a goal in the game.[6]
National team
Orchard is a member of the
Recognition
In 2010, Orchard earned the Kookaburra's 2010 Player of the Year award, an award he shared with Eddie Ockenden.[4]
References
- ^ "Simon Orchard". london2012.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Athlete Spotlight : Australian Institute of Sport : Australian Sports Commission". Australian Institute of Sport. 2 August 2010. Archived from the original on 6 December 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Kookaburras begin their Olympic Games Campaign". Perth, Western Australia: Hockey Australia. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ a b c Clifford, Adam (16 August 2011). "Eddie's triumph consoles Tigers". Hobart Mercury. Australia. p. 45. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Simon Orchard Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "scoreboard". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. 21 June 2010. p. 49. 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.
- ^ "Kookas stick by Tassie duo". Hobart Mercury. Hobart, Australia. 21 December 2007. p. 59. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ "Carroll, Abbott in new-look Kookaburras". Northern Territory News. Darwin, Australia. 15 April 2009. p. 46. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ Srivastava, Abhaya (14 October 2010). "Australia rout India to win fourth men's hockey gold". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ Singh, Ajitpal (26 April 2011). "New Straits Times (Malaysia): Aussies look powerful despite injury woes". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ "Kookaburras name training squad for 2012 Olympic Games". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Australian Associated Press. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ "FOR THE RECORD". The Australian. Sydney, Australia. 15 December 2011. p. 35. AUS_T-20111215-1-035-447690. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "SCOREBOARD". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. 15 December 2011. p. 116. DTM_T-20111215-1-116-447684. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ "Kookaburras soar past Argentina". Australia: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Australian Associated Press. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ "Una gira sin alegría para la selección masculina" (in Spanish). Canchallena.com. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ "Simon Orchard Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Arena, Piers Newbery BBC Sport at the Riverbank. "Olympics hockey: Australia beat Great Britain to men's bronze". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
External links
- Simon Orchard at the International Hockey Federation
- Simon Orchard at Olympedia
- Simon Orchard at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Simon Orchard at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Simon Orchard at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Simon Orchard at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Simon Orchard at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Simon Orchard at HockeyAustralia.altiusrt.com
- Simon Orchard at Hockey.org.au at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 March 2015)