Damon Diletti

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Damon Diletti
Personal information
Full nameDamon Laurance Diletti
Born1 May 1971 (1971-05) (age 53)
Perth, Western Australia
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team
Champions Trophy
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Brisbane Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team

Damon Laurance Diletti (born 1 May 1971 in Perth, Western Australia) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Australia, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. [1] At each appearance the electrician won a medal.

Diletti was nicknamed Dingo by his teammates, and was a member of The Kookaburras team for nine years. Apart from three Olympics he participated in two Hockey World Cups and six Champions Trophy tournaments. He resigned after the 2000 Summer Olympics, after playing 133 international matches for Australia. He is the current U14 Boys division 1 coach at the Modernians hockey club.

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Damon Diletti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.