Nathan Eglington OAM (born 2 December 1980 in Murwillumbah, New South Wales) is a field hockey midfielder and striker from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the golden medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Field Hockey | ||
Representing  Australia
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2004 Athens | Team |
| World Cup | ||
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2006 Mönchengladbach | Team |
| Champions Trophy | ||
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2005 Chennai | Team |
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2003 Amstelveen | Team |
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2007 Kuala Lumpur | Team |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2006 Melbourne | Team |
He is nicknamed Eggy, and played domestic hockey for the Queensland Blades in his native country Australia, with whom he won the national title in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. Eglington made his international debut in 2002, in a test series game against South Korea in Adelaide, scoring twice.
Eglington played 140 times for Australia scoring 50 goals before major injury prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, forced retirement from international competition at the age of 27 years.
He is married to fellow former Australian representative, Lisa Eglington. The pair live in Tweed Heads with their two children.[1]
References
edit- ^ McInerney, Matthew (4 February 2018). "Lisa Eglington returns to the east coast". Fraser Coast Chronicle. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
External links
edit- Nathan Eglington at Olympedia
- Nathan Eglington at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Nathan Eglington at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Nathan Eglington at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Profile on Hockey Australia
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