Brent Livermore

Brent James Livermore OAM (born 5 July 1976 in Grafton, New South Wales) is a field hockey midfielder from Australia. He was first selected in the Australian team in 1997, and was awarded the Kookaburras player of the year award in 2001. He was also nominated of the FIH Player of the Year awards in 2002 and 2005. He has played over 300 matches for the Australian team, and has scored 30 international goals. He plays for the NSW Waratahs in the Australian Hockey League.[1]

Brent Livermore
Medal record
Men’s field hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensTeam
Bronze medal – third place 2000 SydneyTeam
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2002 Kuala LumpurTeam
Silver medal – second place2006 MönchengladbachTeam
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place1999 BrisbaneTeam
Gold medal – first place2005 ChennaiTeam
Gold medal – first place2009 MelbourneTeam
Silver medal – second place1997 AdelaideTeam
Silver medal – second place2001 RotterdamTeam
Silver medal – second place2003 AmstelveenTeam
Silver medal – second place2007 Kuala LumpurTeam
Bronze medal – third place1998 LahoreTeam
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2002 ManchesterTeam
Gold medal – first place2006 MelbourneTeam

Brent Livermore won the gold medal with the Kooraburras at the 2004 Olympics, but was omitted from the 2008 Olympic squad that placed third in Beijing.[2]

In the World Series Hockey organized by the Indian Hockey Federation and Nimbus Sport, Brent Livermore captains the Chennai Cheetahs, a Chennai-based Hockey team.[3]

After a brief hiatus from the sport, Livermore returned to coach the NSWIS male team, the U21 NSW Men's team, and the NSW Waratahs team at their respective tournaments. He has returned to the pitch, as the captain-coach of team NSWIS, aged 42, in the exhibition match against Odisha. The team lost the first match 5–1.

International tournaments

References
  1. "Hockey Australia: Brent Livermore, OAM". Hockey.org.au. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  2. staff writers (11 July 2008). "Brent Livermore vows he won't retire". Herald Sun. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  3. Keerthivasan, K. (7 March 2012). "Bend it like Brent". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
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