James Elmer
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| Full name | James Andrew Elmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Jimmy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 May 1971 (age 53) Melbourne, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Andrew "Jimmy" Elmer (born 8 May 1971[1] in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
He was nicknamed Jimmy by his teammates. Elmer made his senior debut for The Kookaburras in 1993. He played in every Champions Trophy since 1991, but always missed "the big ones", until the Sydney Games. There he finished his career after 102 international matches, in which he scored 30 goals.
James is currently captain for Doncaster in the Victorian Masters League A grade division. His team suffered a 5–4 loss to the Hawthorn Hockey Club in the 2012 grand final following extra time in a penalty goal shoot-out. James took the 4th of 5 penalties for his team, which was saved by the Hawthorn keeper Corey Blake.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jimmy Elmer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- James Elmer at the International Hockey Federation
- James Elmer at Olympics.com
- James Elmer at Olympedia
- James Elmer at the Australian Olympic Committee
- James Elmer at Commonwealth Games Australia
- James Elmer at Commonwealth Games Australia
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