Nathan Burgers
(born May 1979 in
Ayr
,
Queensland
) is an Australian professional
field hockey
goalkeeper. He played for
Queensland
and the
Australian Capital Territory
teams in national competitions. He has been a member of the
Australia men's national field hockey team
. As a member of the team, he won a gold medal at the
2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
and the
2010 Commonwealth Games
. He was also a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics
in
London
,
United Kingdom
.
Personal
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Burgers was born in May 1979 in
Ayr
,
Queensland
. He resided in
Perth
,
Western Australia
. He worked as a sports teacher at East Maddington Primary School. After the
London 2012 Olympics
he will stay in
Amsterdam
with his family.
Field hockey
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Burgers is a goalkeeper.
[1]
[2]
He has held a hockey scholarship with the ACT Academy of Sport
[1]
and the
Australian Institute of Sport
.
[1]
He went on a tour of Asia in 2006 with the Australian Institute of Sport team.
[1]
In 2000, Burgers played for the North Queensland Barras in the
Australian Hockey League
but left the team after they were removed from the competition at the end of the year. At the end of the 2001 season, he also seriously injured his wrist and there were fears this could permanently prevent him from playing the game against competitively.
[3]
In 2006, 2007 and 2008, he played for the Australian Capital Territory team, the Canberra Lakers, as a member of the state team and for the
Australian Hockey League
competition.
[1]
[4]
[5]
Prior to the start of a 2007 game against the NSW Darters where he was support to be in goal, he injured his quad while warming up for the game.
[6]
In 2010, he played in the final game of the season for his state team in the
Australian Hockey League
.
[7]
National team
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In December 2007, Burgers was a member of the Kookaburras squad that competed in the Dutch Series in
Canberra
.
[1]
In January 2008, he was a member of the senior national team that competed at the Five Nations men's hockey tournament in
South Africa
.
[8]
New national team coach
Ric Charlesworth
named him, a returning member, and fourteen total new players who had never appeared on the squad before in April 2009 in a bid to ready the team for the
2010 Commonwealth Games
.
[9]
In 2009, he was a member of the national team during a five-game test series in
Kuala Lumpur
,
Malaysia
against
Malaysia
.
[10]
He was with the national team in 2010.
[7]
when they finished first at the
Hockey Champions Trophy
.
[7]
He won a gold medal at the 2010 World Cup in Delhi, India.
[11]
In 2010, he also represented Australia at the
Commonwealth Games
.
[2]
He beat out Ross Meadows and George Bazeley to start in goal during the opening round against Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.
[12]
He played in the game against
Pakistan
during the group stage.
[2]
In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the
2012 Summer Olympics
Australian men's national training squad
. This squad will be narrowed in June 2012. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in
Perth
,
Western Australia
.
[13]
[14]
[15]
In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the
Netherlands
and
Argentina
.
[16]
He is one of several Queensland based players likely to play in a three-game test series to be played in
Cairns
,
Queensland
from 22 to 25 June against the
New Zealand
Black Sticks
. Final Olympic section will occur several days before this test and his inclusion in the series will be contingent upon being selected.
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References
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"Canberra Times: Lakers duo in Kookaburras side for series"
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The Canberra Times
. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Information Limited ? Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 14 November 2006
. Retrieved
9 March
2012
.
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a
b
c
Hanlon, Peter (10 October 2010).
"Kookaburras sweat it out as Pakistan push champs ? XIX COMMONWEALTH GAMES DAY 6 - HOCKEY"
.
The Sun Herald
. Sydney, Australia. p. 70. 20101010000032980349
. Retrieved
9 March
2012
.
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Roots, Chris (19 December 2002).
"Burgers begins quest for a return to the big time"
.
Townsville Bulletin
. Townsville, Australia. p. 41. BUL-20021219-1-041-1067057V16
. Retrieved
9 March
2012
.
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"Canberra Times: Touch of double Dutch for Lakers stars"
.
The Canberra Times
. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Information Limited ? Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 24 January 2007
. Retrieved
9 March
2012
.
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"Canberra Times: LEADING THE CAPITAL INTO BATTLE"
.
The Canberra Times
. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Information Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 23 December 2007
. Retrieved
14 March
2012
.
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"Canberra Times: Lakers working overtime"
.
The Canberra Times
. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Information Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 19 March 2007
. Retrieved
15 March
2012
.
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b
c
"hockey ? Top guns take the field for finals"
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Westside News
. Brisbane, Australia. 18 August 2010. p. 79. WSN_T-20100818-1-079-091512
. Retrieved
9 March
2012
.
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"Bulletin Wire: Fresh faces for next Kookaburras tour"
.
Bulletin Wire
. Australia: Financial Times Information Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 20 December 2007
. Retrieved
15 March
2012
.
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"Carroll, Abbott in new-look Kookaburras"
.
Northern Territory News
. Darwin, Australia. 15 April 2009. p. 46
. Retrieved
15 March
2012
.
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"Charlesworth welcomes son"
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The Australian
. Australia. Australian Associated Press. 2 October 2009. p. 37
. Retrieved
14 March
2012
.
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"AIS Hockey ? Nathan Burgers"
. Bruce, Australian Capital Territory: Australian Institute of Sport. Archived from
the original
on 23 March 2012
. Retrieved
8 March
2012
.
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"AAP News: HOCK:Burgers relishes Kookas challenge"
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AAP News
. Australia: Financial Times Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 2 October 2010
. Retrieved
14 March
2012
.
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"Kookaburras name training squad for 2012 Olympic Games"
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The Daily Telegraph
. Sydney. Australian Associated Press. 14 December 2011
. Retrieved
7 March
2012
.
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"FOR THE RECORD"
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The Australian
. Sydney, Australia. 15 December 2011. p. 35. AUS_T-20111215-1-035-447690
. Retrieved
9 March
2012
.
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"SCOREBOARD"
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The Daily Telegraph
. Sydney, Australia. 15 December 2011. p. 116. DTM_T-20111215-1-116-447684
. Retrieved
9 March
2012
.
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"Kookaburras begin their Olympic Games Campaign"
. Perth, Western Australia: Hockey Australia. 7 February 2012. Archived from
the original
on 21 March 2012
. Retrieved
7 March
2012
.
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"Cairns hosts international hockey clash"
.
The Cairns Sun
. Cairns, Australia. 15 February 2012. p. 4. TSU_T-20120215-1-004-877399
. Retrieved
9 March
2012
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