The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from February 4 to 15, 1976. The games were awarded to Innsbruck after Denver, the original host city, withdrew in 1972. This was the second time the Tyrolean capital had hosted the Winter Olympics, having first done so in 1964.
The field hockey tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the 12th edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.
Bradley Shaw is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2004 at the Champions Trophy against the Netherlands. He competed for New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where New Zealand narrowly missed out on a bronze medal, losing a shoot out to England. He scored the winning goal against Argentina in the 2008 Olympic qualifying tournament.
David Ian Bell, OAM is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Bevan Christopher George is a field hockey defender from Australia.
Ellen Marijn Hoog is a former Dutch field hockey player, who is regarded as one of the best Dutch hockey players of her generation.
Damon Laurance Diletti is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Australia, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. At each appearance the electrician won a medal.
Jeroen Petrus Maria Delmee is a field hockey player from the Netherlands. Delmee was an Olympic champion for the Netherlands in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. After working as head coach of Dutch field hockey club Tilburg and head coach of the France men's national team (2017–2021), he started as the head coach of the Netherlands men's national team in September 2021. Delmee led the Dutch team to gold at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship and the 2024 Summer Olympics. The last victory made him the first Dutch sportsperson in history to win Olympic gold both as a player and as a coach.
Tracey Lee Belbin OAM is a former field hockey player from Australia, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. There she won the gold medal with the Women's National Team.
Heather D. E. Jones is a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she ended up in seventh place with the Canadian National Women's Team.
Dennis Hay is a former Scottish field hockey player, who competed for Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Later he became a coach, leading the GB Women's Team to the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, after having finished in fourth place at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Anette Hoffmann is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Four years later she won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. With 183 matches she is the 6th most capped player on the Danish Women's National Team.
Marcelo Omar Garraffo Biano is a retired field hockey player from Argentina who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country.
Jeroen Dubbeldam is a Dutch show jumping champion.
Arshad Ali Chaudhry was an international field hockey player from Pakistan. He is the son of Chaudhry Sadique Salar, nephew of Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool, and cousin of Akhtar Rasool.
Fergus Kavanagh is an Australian field hockey player. He plays Western Australia in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team, winning a bronze medal with the team at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Mark William Knowles is the Australian field hockey captain. He has played professional hockey in the Netherlands for HC Rotterdam. He plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League. He has been the captain of the Australia men's national field hockey team the Kookaburras since 2014. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2014 World Cup, the 2005 and 2012 Champions Trophy.His most recent achievements include coming second in the 2024 Memorial Cup match to the Northern Suburbs Eagles.
Judith Vandermeiren is a Belgian field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the Belgium women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament.
Jacob "Jaap" Voigt is a retired field hockey player from the Netherlands. He competed at 1964 Summer Olympics, where his team finished in seventh place. With three goals in five games, Voigt was the second best Dutch scorer at those games, after Frank Zweerts.
Guillaum François "Frank" Zweerts is a retired field hockey player from the Netherlands. He competed at 1964 Summer Olympics, where his team finished in seventh place. With eight goals in six games, Zweerts was the best Dutch player and one of the best overall scorers at those games.
