Jamie Dwyer

Jamie Dwyer ( born March 12, 1979 in Rockhampton, Australia) is an Australian hockey player who was five times world hockey player and his country in 2004 shot for the first Olympic victory.

Career

He was first appointed to the Executive of the Australian national hockey team in 2001. Dwyer is one of the best strikers in the world.

In 2002 he was elected to the U23 World Hockey Player of the Year. In the Champions Trophy 2003, Jamie Dwyer suffered a serious injury, however, was in 2004 as part of a four -nation tournament in Sydney comeback. His biggest success to date was winning the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, as in the final, he scored the winning goal against the Netherlands.

After the Olympics, he moved to the Netherlands for HC Bloemendaal Hoofdklasse and in 2004 was honored for the first time a World Hockey Player of the Year ( 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 again ).

In the spring of 2006 he moved to Real Club de Polo in Barcelona. The field hockey World Cup in 2006 in Mönchengladbach, he was voted the best player of the tournament. However, he could not participate in the final against the German national hockey team, which Australia lost 4-3 against Germany due to injury. In 2007 he was re-elected world hockey player.

At the Olympic Games in 2008 Dwyer won with the Australian team bronze and the following year he was awarded for the third time with the title of world hockey player. At the World Championship 2010 in New Delhi, he led Australia again the final against Germany. The Australian team won the 2010 final 2-1 with goals by two lost finals against Germany in the previous World Cups. Dwyer got as team captain in 24 years, the World Cup trophy for the Australian team presented. In May 2010, he announced his switch from HC Bloemendaal to Mannheimer HC.