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Matthew Wells Personal information Born 2 May 1978 Medal recordMen’s Field Hockey Competitor for Australia Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens Team Bronze 2000 Sydney Team Bronze 2008 Beijing Team Champions Trophy Gold 1999 Brisbane Team Gold 2005 Chennai Team Silver 2003 Amstelveen Team Commonwealth Games Gold 2006 Melbourne Team Matthew Wells OAM (born 2 May 1978 in Hobart, Tasmania) is a field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by beating title holders The Netherlands in the final. Four years earlier, when Sydney hosted the Summer Games, he finished in third spot with The Kookaburras, as the Men's National Team is called. He had to miss the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup due to injury.
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Categories:- 1978 births
- Australian field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players of Australia
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- People from Hobart
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
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