1. Edward "Eddie" Clyve Ockenden was born on 3 April 1987 and is an Australian field hockey player.
19 Facts About Eddie Ockenden
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Eddie Ockenden turned professional in 2008 and has played for teams in the Netherlands.
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Eddie Ockenden plays club hockey, having competed for a New Zealand team and Hobart, Tasmania side, North West Hobart Graduates.
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Eddie Ockenden plays for the Tassie Tigers in the Australian Hockey League.
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Eddie Ockenden has represented Australia on the junior, intermediate, and senior level, earning a silver medal with the 2005 U21 team at the Junior World Cup.
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Eddie Ockenden won a gold medal at the 2009 and 2011 Champions Trophy competitions.
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Eddie Ockenden won another gold medal with Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
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Eddie Ockenden represents the Uttar Pradesh Wizards in the Hockey India League.
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Eddie Ockenden had completed one year of higher education by 2008, finishing a year of working towards a degree in commerce.
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Eddie Ockenden began playing hockey at the age of eight, encouraged by his mother, who was a hockey player.
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Eddie Ockenden's salary was not near the top of the league, where the best players earn in the six figures.
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Eddie Ockenden plays for the Tassie Tigers in the Australian Hockey League.
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Eddie Ockenden was with the team in 2006 when he was a teenager.
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Eddie Ockenden played for the team in the first found of the 2011 season.
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Eddie Ockenden was a member of the Tassie Tigers in 2010.
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Eddie Ockenden did not compete in the 2007 Champions Trophy competition for Australia.
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Eddie Ockenden represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal.
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Eddie Ockenden was one of fourteen Tasmanians to represent Australia at the Games.
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Eddie Ockenden was selected in the Kookaburras Olympics squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.