Tom Wickham

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Tom Wickham
Personal information
Full name Thomas Joseph Wickham
Born (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990 (age 33)
Morgan, South Australia
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Perth Thundersticks
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Australia 59 (27)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Team
FIH World League
Gold medal – first place
2016–17 Bhubaneswar
Team
Oceania Cup
Gold medal – first place
2017 Sydney
Gold medal – first place
2019 Rockhampton

Thomas Joseph Wickham (born 26 May 1990) is an Australian field hockey player, who plays as a forward.[1]

Personal life

Tom Wickham was born and raised in Morgan, South Australia.[2]

He played representative hockey for his home state South Australia until 2014, when he chose to represent Western Australia at a national level.[3]

Career

He made his international debut in May 2013 during a test series against Korea.[4]

Following his 2013 debut, Wickham did not represent Australia again until his recall into the senior men's squad in 2017.[5] His first appearance in 2017 was during a test series against Pakistan.[6]

Wickham's most notable performance with Australia was at the

Gold Coast, Australia, where the Kookaburras won a gold medal.[7]

In 2019, Wickham represented Australia in season one of the FIH Pro League.[6]

He has since represented the team in the FIH Pro League's second season in 2020.[8]

Wickham was selected in the

Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.[9]

International goals


Goal 		Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 28 March 2017 Marrara Hockey Centre,
Darwin
, Australia		  Pakistan 3–0 6–1
Test Match
 [10]
2 29 March 2017 1–0 3–0 [11]
3 2 May 2017 Azlan Shah Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia  India 3–1 3–1 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup [12]
4 17 July 2017
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
, South Africa		  Japan 6–0 7–2
2016–17 HWL Semifinals
 [13]
5 23 July 2017  Spain 8–0 8–1 [14]
6 11 October 2017
Sydney
, Australia		  PNG 9–0 30–0
2017 Oceania Cup
 [15]
7 15–0
8 18–0
9 24–0
10 25–0
11 15 October 2017  New Zealand 1–0 6–0 [16]
12 6–0
13 8 November 2017
Melbourne
, Australia		  Pakistan 8–1 9–1 2017 Int. Festival of Hockey [17]
14 11 November 2017  Japan 5–0 6–1 [18]
15 9 December 2017 Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India  Germany 3–0 3–0
2016–17 HWL Final
 [19]
16 8 April 2018
Gold Coast
, Australia		  Scotland 3–0 6–1
XXI Commonwealth Games
 [20]
17 10 February 2019 Tasmanian Hockey Centre,
Hobart
, Australia		  Germany 3–2 4–2 2019 FIH Pro League [21]
18 17 March 2019
Sydney
, Australia		  New Zealand 1–0 5–1 [22]
19 4–1
20 7 September 2019 Kalka Shades Hockey Fields, Rockhampton, Australia 2–0 2–2
2019 Oceania Cup
 [23]
21 1 February 2020
Sydney
, Australia		  Great Britain 2–1 4–4
2020 FIH Pro League
 [24]
22 21 February 2020 Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India  India 2–0 4–3 [25]
23 6 March 2020
Perth
, Australia		  Argentina 2–0 3–3 [26]
24 7 March 2020 4–0 5–1 [27]

References

  1. ^ "Tom Wickham". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Tom Wickham – Player Info". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. ^ "WICKHAM Tom". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Mitton hat-trick seals Kookaburras victory". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Kookaburras announce new squad members and International Hockey Open team". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b "WICKHAM Tom". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Tom WICKHAM". results.gc2018.com. GoldCoast2018. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Australia". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Australia 6–1 Pakistan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Australia 3–0 Pakistan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  12. ^ "India 1–3 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Australia 7–2 Japan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Australia 8–1 Spain". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Australia 30–0 Papua New Guinea". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Australia 6–0 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Australia 9–1 Pakistan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Australia 6–1 Japan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  19. ^ "Australia 3–0 Germany". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  20. ^ "Australia 6–1 Scotland". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  21. ^ "Australia 4–2 Germany". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  22. ^ "Australia 5–1 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Australia 2–2 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  24. ^ "Australia 4–4 Great Britain". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  25. ^ "India 3–4 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  26. ^ "Australia 3–3 Argentina". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  27. ^ "Australia 5–1 Argentina". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

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