Matthew Swann

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Matthew Swann

| image = Matthew Swann - 2012 Olympic field hockey team Australia (cropped).JPG

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| caption = Swann in 2012

| full_name = Matthew David Swann

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|5|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Perth, Australia

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Klein Zwitserland

| nationalyears1 = 2009–2020

| nationalteam1 = Australia

| nationalcaps1 = 204

| nationalgoals1 = 7

| show-medals = no

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| updated = 19 May 2021

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Matthew David Swann (born 16 May 1989) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australian men's national field hockey team, making his first cap in 2009. He won a gold medal at the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and a bronze medal the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal

Swann is from Queensland.{{cite web|publisher=Hockey Australia |location=Mackay, Queensland|url=http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=90&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=906&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=18&cHash=25584a5e4d |title=Kookaburras begin their Olympic Games Campaign |date=7 February 2012 |accessdate=7 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321013204/http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=90&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=906&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=18&cHash=25584a5e4d |archivedate=21 March 2012 }}{{cite news|accessdate=9 March 2012|title=Cairns hosts international hockey clash|newspaper=The Cairns Sun|location=Cairns, Australia|date=15 February 2012|page=4|id=TSU_T-20120215-1-004-877399|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:QRPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13CEBACD11117DD8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}} He is {{convert|170|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} tall.{{cite web|title=Matthew Swann|url=https://mazonhockey.com/default/matthew-swann.html|website=mazonhockey.com|publisher=Mazon Hockey|accessdate=5 April 2018}} He used to live in Herston, Queensland.{{cite news|accessdate=14 March 2012|title=Sports extra with Brent O'Neill|newspaper=City North News|location=Brisbane, Australia|date=19 January 2012|first=Brent|last=O'Neill|page=47|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:QGCBD&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13C8872665791038&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}} He moved to Perth, Western Australia to spend more time with the national team.

Field hockey

Swann is a defender. Luke Doerner gave him a yellow headband that he wears at every match.{{cite news|accessdate=14 March 2012|title=Pocket defender gives plenty of stick — HOCKEY|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|location=Australia|date=3 February 2012|page=15|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:SMHB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13CAAE65E02A15C8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9|first=Lindsay|last=Clement-Meehan}} He played junior hockey in Mackay, Queensland.{{cite news|accessdate=6 March 2012|url=http://www.dailymercury.com.au/story/2012/02/11/pressure-is-on-hockey-star-kookaburras-olympics/|date=11 February 2012|title=Pressure is on for hockey star|newspaper=Mackay Daily Mercury|publisher=Mackay Printing and Publishing Company Pty|location=Mackay, Australia}} He currently resides in Perth, Western Australia. The national team was aware of him when he was competing in junior hockey. He plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League. In 2010, he played in the final game of the season for his state team in the Australian Hockey League. He played for the team in the first round of the 2011 season.{{cite news|accessdate=14 March 2012|title=Scoreboard|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney, Australia|date=13 June 2011|page=55|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ATLB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=137D5ABBD5259EB8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}

=National team=

Swann won his first cap for the Kookaburras in 2009. He played in the Champions Trophy tournament that year when his team won a gold medal. He was a member of the national team in 2010.{{cite news|accessdate=9 March 2012|title=hockey — Top guns take the field for finals|newspaper=Westside News|location=Brisbane, Australia|date=18 August 2010|page=79|id=WSN_T-20100818-1-079-091512|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:QGCBT&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=131C791FD40BD600&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}} That year, he was a member of the team that finished first at the Hockey Champions Trophy. In 2009, he was a member of the national team during a five-game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia against Malaysia.{{cite news|accessdate=14 March 2012|title=Charlesworth welcomes son|newspaper=The Australian|location=Australia|date=2 October 2009|agency=Australian Associated Press|page=37|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:AUSB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12B162718C016128&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}} In May 2011, he played in the Azlan Shah Cup for Australia. The Cup featured teams from Pakistan, Malaysia, India, South Korea, Britain and New Zealand.{{cite news|accessdate=16 March 2012|title=New Straits Times (Malaysia): Aussies look powerful despite injury woes|newspaper=New Straits Times|location=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia|date=26 April 2011|first=Ajitpal|last=Singh|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:KLSC&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=136E9197793B3EC0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}} He represented Australia at the Champions Trophy in New Zealand in 2011, where Australia won a gold medal for the fourth time in a row. In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national training squad. This squad will be narrowed in June 2012. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite news|accessdate=7 March 2012|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/kookaburras-name-training-squad-for-2012-olympic-games/story-e6frexni-1226222155261|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney|date=14 December 2011|title=Kookaburras name training squad for 2012 Olympic Games|agency=Australian Associated Press}}{{cite news|accessdate=9 March 2012|title=FOR THE RECORD|newspaper=The Australian|location=Sydney, Australia|date=15 December 2011|page=35|id=AUS_T-20111215-1-035-447690|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:AUSB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13BA2D291920D0C8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}{{cite news|accessdate=9 March 2012|title=SCOREBOARD|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney, Australia|date=15 December 2011|page=116|id=DTM_T-20111215-1-116-447684|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ATLB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13BA2D2E271CEC98&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}} In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina. He is one of several Queensland based players likely to play in a three-game test series to be played in Cairns, Queensland from 22 to 25 June against the New Zealand's Black Sticks. He was selected to play for the Kookaburras at the Olympic games in 2012, beating the United Kingdom in the Bronze medal match. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was part of the Australian team that won the bronze medal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/matthew-swann-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084555/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/matthew-swann-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Matthew Swann Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-04}}

He was part of Australia's gold medal-winning team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.{{Cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/hockey/1030373/matthew_swann.html|title=Glasgow 2014 - Matthew Swann Profile|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|access-date=2018-03-04}}

Recognition

In 2011, Swann was honoured by being named the Young Player of the Year by the International Hockey Federation. In 2011, he was named in the World All-Star Team.

References

External links

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{{Commonwealth Games Australia|matthew-swann}}
{{Hockey Australia|1095}}
{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912212338/http://www.hockey.org.au/High-Performance/Kookaburras-mens-team/Kookaburras-Squad-Profiles/ContentId/3100 |title=Matthew Swann at Hockey.org.au |date=dmy}}

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