Tom Wickham

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Tom Wickham
Personal information
Full name Thomas Joseph Wickham
Born (1990-05-26) 26 May 1990 (age 35)
Morgan, South Australia
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Perth Thundersticks
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
2013– Australia 59 (27)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team
FIH World League
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016–17 Bhubaneswar Team
Oceania Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Sydney
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Rockhampton

Thomas Joseph Wickham (born 26 May 1990) is an Australian field hockey player, who plays as a forward. [1]

Contents

Personal life

Tom Wickham was born and raised in Morgan, South Australia. [2]

He played representative hockey for his home state South Australia until 2014, when he chose to represent Western Australia at a national level. [3]

Career

He made his international debut in May 2013 during a test series against Korea. [4]

Following his 2013 debut, Wickham did not represent Australia again until his recall into the senior men's squad in 2017. [5] His first appearance in 2017 was during a test series against Pakistan. [6]

Wickham's most notable performance with Australia was at the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in the Gold Coast, Australia, where the Kookaburras won a gold medal. [7]

In 2019, Wickham represented Australia in season one of the FIH Pro League. [6]

He has since represented the team in the FIH Pro League's second season in 2020. [8]

Wickham was selected in the Kookaburras Olympics squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout. [9]

International goals


Goal
DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
128 March 2017Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin, AustraliaFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3–06–1 Test Match [10]
229 March 20171–03–0 [11]
32 May 2017 Azlan Shah Stadium, Ipoh, MalaysiaFlag of India.svg  India 3–13–1 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup [12]
417 July 2017 University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 6–07–2 2016–17 HWL Semifinals [13]
523 July 2017Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8–08–1 [14]
611 October 2017 Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, AustraliaFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  PNG 9–030–0 2017 Oceania Cup [15]
715–0
818–0
924–0
1025–0
1115 October 2017Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1–06–0 [16]
126–0
138 November 2017 State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne, AustraliaFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 8–19–1 2017 Int. Festival of Hockey [17]
1411 November 2017Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5–06–1 [18]
159 December 2017 Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, IndiaFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 3–03–0 2016–17 HWL Final [19]
168 April 2018 Gold Coast Hockey Centre, Gold Coast, AustraliaFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3–06–1 XXI Commonwealth Games [20]
1710 February 2019Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart, AustraliaFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 3–24–2 2019 FIH Pro League [21]
1817 March 2019 Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, AustraliaFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1–05–1 [22]
194–1
207 September 2019Kalka Shades Hockey Fields, Rockhampton, Australia2–02–2 2019 Oceania Cup [23]
211 February 2020 Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, AustraliaFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2–14–4 2020 FIH Pro League [24]
2221 February 2020 Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, IndiaFlag of India.svg  India 2–04–3 [25]
236 March 2020 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, AustraliaFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2–03–3 [26]
247 March 20204–05–1 [27]

References

  1. "Tom Wickham". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia . Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. "Tom Wickham – Player Info". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. "WICKHAM Tom". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia . Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  4. "Mitton hat-trick seals Kookaburras victory". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia . Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. "Kookaburras announce new squad members and International Hockey Open team". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia . Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. 1 2 "WICKHAM Tom". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. "Tom WICKHAM". results.gc2018.com. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 November 2017.[ dead link ]
  8. "Australia". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  9. "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  10. "Australia 6–1 Pakistan". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  11. "Australia 3–0 Pakistan". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  12. "India 1–3 Australia". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  13. "Australia 7–2 Japan". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  14. "Australia 8–1 Spain". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  15. "Australia 30–0 Papua New Guinea". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  16. "Australia 6–0 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  17. "Australia 9–1 Pakistan". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  18. "Australia 6–1 Japan". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  19. "Australia 3–0 Germany". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  20. "Australia 6–1 Scotland". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  21. "Australia 4–2 Germany". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  22. "Australia 5–1 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  23. "Australia 2–2 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  24. "Australia 4–4 Great Britain". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  25. "India 3–4 Australia". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  26. "Australia 3–3 Argentina". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  27. "Australia 5–1 Argentina". International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 March 2020.