Graham Reid (field hockey)

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Graham Reid
Personal information
Full name Graham John Reid
Born (1964-04-09) 9 April 1964 (age 60)
Redcliffe City, Queensland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current club India (coach)
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Australia 130 (36)
Teams coached
YearsTeam
2009–2014 Australia (assistant)
2014–2016 Australia
2017–2019 Netherlands (assistant)
2017–2019 Amsterdam
2019–2023 India
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Team
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Lahore
Champions Trophy
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Karachi
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Perth
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1989 Berlin
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Melbourne
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1986 Karachi
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Lahore
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1987 Amstelveen
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Lahore

Graham John Reid (born 9 April 1964) [1] is a former Australian field hockey player who played as a defender and midfielder for the Australian national team. He managed the Indian men's national team that won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2] [3]

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He was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. [1] Afterwards he played club hockey for the Dutch top team Amsterdam for two seasons (1993, 1994) [4] returning in 1995 to play the Europa cup.

Reid played 130 internationals for Australia scoring 36 goals including two Olympic Games (1988, 1992), [1] one World Cup (1990) and nine Champions Trophies (1984, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, and 92). He has also won the Olympians medal (WA Best and Fairest medal) 3 times (1995, 96, and 98) whilst playing for Victoria Park Panthers. [5]

He wasan inaugural member of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) hockey unit in Perth, Western Australia in 1984 [6] and despite stints back in Queensland, Amsterdam and Bangalore, Reid has his home in Perth. He and his wife Julia have two children, Scott (1998) and Emma (1997).

Managerial career

In 2009, he was appointed assistant coach of the Australian Men's Hockey Team (Kookaburras). [7] During this time he was given the opportunity to take on the head coach position for the Champions Trophy in Melbourne in 2012. He guided the team to their 5th consecutive Champions Trophy gold medal. [8] In October 2013 he was given another opportunity to lead the Kookaburras at the Oceania Cup in Stratford, New Zealand. Here the Kookaburras won the Oceania Cup by defeating New Zealand 5 - 2 in the final and qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Den Haag. . [9]

In 2014 [10] he and Paul Gaudoin co-coached the Kookaburras to a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In September 2014 [11] he was announced as the head coach of the Kookaburras following the retirement of Ric Charlesworth.

During 2015 the Kookaburras continued their successful reign as world number 1 with qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympics by winning the World League Semi-Final [12] tournament in Antwerp after beating Belgium after the final whistle. The World League final was held in December 2015 in Raipur, India. Australia again was victorious in the final of this competition defeating Belgium again, [13] capturing the only World title to have alluded Australia.

On 21 November 2015 Graham was inducted into the Queensland Hockey Hall of Fame. [14]

In the Olympic year, the Kookaburras won the 14th Champions Trophy held in London in June 2016. [15] It was Reid's 2nd Champions Trophy title as head coach. It finished controversially after Australia defeated India in the final after sudden death penalty shootouts (3-1).

After the 2016 Summer Olympics, he stepped down [16] as the Australia head coach and in 2017 he became the head coach of his former club Amsterdam and the assistant coach of the Dutch national team. In March 2019, he was dismissed as Amsterdam coach after an 8–2 loss to HGC in the league and alleged interest from the Indian national team for his services. [17]

Coach of Indian men's team

In April 2019 he was appointed as the head coach of the Indian national team, which also meant he had to leave his position as assistant coach of the Dutch national team. [18]

At the Tokyo Olympics, under his coaching, the Indian team won the bronze medal, defeating Germany in the bronze-medal match. It was India's first podium finish in field hockey after the 1980 Olympics.

He was the coach at the 2021 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup held in Bhubaneswar where the team finished fourth. [19]

He stepped down as Indian men's hockey team chief coach following poor performance of Indian team in 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup. [20] He is holding the record for longest service coach of Indian National Hockey Team. [21] [22]

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References

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  2. ↑ Olympics 2021 | India vs Japan is like a quarter-final: Indian men's hockey coach Graham Reid Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 30 July 2021
  3. ↑ Olympics: India win bronze medal in Tokyo, first Olympic medal in hockey since 1980 Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 August 2021
  4. ↑ Amsterdam tegen wil en dank titelkandidaat (translation)
  5. ↑ http://www.hockeywa.org.au/2006_lifemembers.cfm?awardType=Olympians'%20Medal Olympians Medal Winners
  6. ↑ AIS Annual Report 1984-85, p40
  7. ↑ Pakistan go down vs SA 7 March 2010
  8. ↑ "Ric Charlesworth hands reins to Graham Reid and Kookaburras reap Champions Trophy success | News.com.au". Archived from the original on 19 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  11. ↑ "Kookaburras start new era".
  12. ↑ "Kookaburras steal late win in World League".
  13. ↑ "Australia's Kookaburras win World League Final, beating Belgium 2-1 in Raipur".
  14. ↑ "Hockey Queensland Hall of Fame recipients".
  15. ↑ "Kookaburras win 14th Champions Trophy in London".
  16. ↑ "Kookaburras coach quits following Rio disappointment". ABC News. 13 October 2016.
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  19. ↑ "Argentina win Junior Hockey World Cup, India finish fourth".
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