Simon Child

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Simon Child

| fullname = Simon James Law Child

| image = File:Men's field hockey interland NED-NZL (27221645713).jpg

| caption = Interland of the Netherlands against New Zealand on 22 June 2016 in Assen

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|4|16}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| height = 186cm

| weight = 82kg

| position = Forward

| nationalyears1 = 2005–

| nationalteam1 = New Zealand

| nationalcaps1 = 274

| nationalgoals1 = 140

| medaltemplates =

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Simon James Law Child (born 16 April 1988){{cite web|url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1143/reports/teams |title=Team Details – New Zealand |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |access-date=15 August 2019}} is a New Zealand field hockey player, who earned his first cap for the national team, The Black Sticks, in 2005 against Malaysia.{{cite web|url=http://www.blacksticks.co.nz/Our-Teams/Vantage-Black-Sticks-Men |title=Vantage Black Sticks Men |publisher=Vantage Black Sticks |website=www.blacksticks.co.nz |access-date=15 August 2019}}

Personal life

Simon Child was born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. He has a younger brother, Marcus, who also plays representative hockey for New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/marcus-child |title=Marcus Child |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |website=www.olympic.org.nz |access-date=15 August 2019|date=9 February 2016 }}

Career

=Club Hockey=

At club level, Child plays hockey for his home city of Auckland in the New Zealand National Hockey League.{{cite web|url=https://hockeynz.altiusrt.com/people/11620 |title=CHILD Simon |publisher=New Zealand Hockey Federation |website=hockeynz.altiusrt.com |access-date=15 August 2019}}

In 2015, he relocated to India to represent the Delhi Waveriders in the Hockey India League.{{cite web|url=https://delhiwaveriders.in/blog/simon-child-loves-playing-for-delhi-waveriders/ |title=Simon Child Loves Playing for Delhi Waveriders |publisher=Delhi Waveriders |website=delhiwaveriders.in |access-date=15 August 2019}}

=National team=

Following his debut in 2005, Child was a regular inclusion for the Black Sticks for over ten years.

His first major international tournament was the 2006 World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany. He followed this up with appearances at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/simon-child-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417102631/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/simon-child-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Simon Child}}{{Cite news|url=http://hockeynz.co.nz/News/new-zealand-mens-team-confirmed-for-rio|title=New Zealand Men's team confirmed for Rio|work=Hockey New Zealand|access-date=22 July 2017|language=en-NZ}} From 2014 to 2016, Child was captain of the national team.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

He also played in three editions of the Commonwealth Games, in 2006, 2010 and 2014. In the bronze medal playoff against England at the 2014 tournament, Child scored twice but was one of the New Zealand players who missed in the penalty shoot-out after the game finished as a 3–3 draw.{{Cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/PEVU/PEVU_HOM400102.html|title=Glasgow 2014 - Men's Bronze Medal Match|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|language=en|access-date=22 July 2017}} He played club hockey in the Netherlands for HC Rotterdam.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

Following the 2016 Olympics, Child suffered a number of injuries forcing him out of competition for almost three years. In August 2019, he was named to make his return during the Ready Steady Tokyo Olympic Test event in Tokyo, Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.blacksticks.co.nz/News/ArtMID/14632/ArticleID/2062072/Big-names-return-for-the-Vantage-Black-Sticks-Men-for-series-in-Tokyo |title=Big names return for the Vantage Black Sticks Men for series in Tokyo |publisher=Vantage Black Sticks |website=blacksticks.co.nz |access-date=15 August 2019}}

==International tournaments==

World Cup – 2006, 2014
Commonwealth Games – 2006, 2010, 2014
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup – 2006, 2018, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
Champions Challenge I – 2007, 2009, 2014
Olympic Games – 2008, 2012, 2016
Champions Trophy – 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
FIH World League – 2012–13, 2014–15

References

External links

{{International Hockey Federation}}
{{Hockey New Zealand}}
{{New Zealand Olympic Committee}}
{{Olympedia}}
{{Olympics.com profile}}
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/simon-child_1926488 Simon Child] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
{{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|hockey/1025619/s_child}}
{{Instagram}}

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