Kieran Govers

Dual International Kieran Govers has taken the hockey world by storm. At just 23 years of age, Govers has represented Australia in both Outdoor Hockey as a member of the highly respected Kookaburra’s team and also in Indoor Hockey, where he was a member of the World Cup team that competed at the FIH Championships in Poznan.

Age: 23Born: February 9 1988Caps: 35Goals: 14

2012 – Gold Medal – Champions TrophyNamed in the 28 man squad for the London Olympics2011 –  Oceania Cup – HobartIndoor World Cup – Poznan – Poland2010 – Champions Trophy – Monchengladback GOLDSultan Azlan Shah XIAzlan Shah Cup – Kuala Lumper THIRDWorld Cup – New Delhi, India – GOLDInternational Debut – January v KoreaAIS Scholarship2009/2010 – Australian Indoor squad2009 – Junior World Cup – Bronze (c)AYOF (Australian Youth Olympics Festival) – GOLD (c)2007 – AYOF (Australian Youth Olympics Festival) – GOLDAIS Tour of Europe

I was born in Wollongong on the 9th of February 1988, I started playing hockey at the age of 4.

I made my first state team playing for the U13 NSW side at the age of 12 before being named captain of the same side the following year. I continued playing for NSW through juniors and made the NSW National League team the Waratahs at the age of 18, debuting for Australian in the u21’s team that same year.

In 2007 I played my first major tournament for the Australian u/21’s team winning a gold medal in Sydney at the AYOF (Australian Youth Olympics Festival). I competed in the same event in 2009 in Sydney where we beat India in the final. I was then named int the team to travel to Singapore to compete at the Junior World Cup where we finished third.

I underwent surgery in November 2007 and then again in July 2009. Due to injury, I was forced out of opportunities to make my international debut but I persistence paid off when I was offered an AIS Scholarship in December of 2009.

I know live in Perth and train under super coach Ric Charlesworth. I was lucky enough to get selected to make my debut for the Kookaburra’s in Hobart in January 2011 against Korea where we won the 3 game series 2-1.

After the series we came back to Perth to continue training for the World Cup, I was fortunate enough to get picked for that, I travelled to New Delhi, India to compete at the World Cup where we won gold in front of nearly 16,000 Indians going for Germany! It was the best feeling of my career so far.

In 2011 I was part of the history making Kookaburra’s team that became the first hockey side to win four Champions Trophy titles in a row, defeating Spain 1-0 in the final.

My new chapter is London….bring it on.