Aran_Zalewski
Aran Zalewski
Australian field hockey player
Aran Zalewski (born 21 March 1991) is an Australian field hockey player who is the captain of the Australian national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 (age 33) Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–present | Australia | 193 | (25) |
Medal record | |||
He is from Margaret River, Western Australia.[1] he attended Aquinas College in Perth, Western Australia.[2] As a 12- and 13-year-old, he played in the Margaret River South West League.
He is a centre-half.[3] He played junior hockey in Margaret River.[3] As a 12- and 13-year-old, he played in the Margaret River South West League.[3]
He made his state team debut when he was 15 years old.[3]
National team
He participated in a training camp for the first time in October 2011.[3] He had his first call up to the national team in October 2011 in a game against India at the Bunbury Hockey Stadium. He scored a goal in his debut in the 57th minute, a game Australia won 5–0.[3][4]
In December 2011, he was named as one of fourteen players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national Olympic development squad. While this squad is not in the top twenty-eight and separate from the Olympic training coach, the Australian coach Ric Charlesworth did not rule out selecting from only the training squad, with players from the Olympic development having a chance at possibly being called up to represent Australia at the Olympics. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia.[1] He was named the best player of the 2019 FIH Pro League after Australia won the first edition of the FIH Pro League.[5] In December 2019, he was nominated for the FIH Player of the Year Award.[6]
Zalewski was selected in the Kookaburras Olympics squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.[7]
- Barrow, Tim (15 December 2011). "Govers on his way to London Games - HOCKEY". Illawarra Mercury. Wollongong, Australia. p. 69. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- Aquinas College (4 July 2018). "Old Aquinians have Rio in their sights". Aquinas College, Perth. Retrieved 4 July 2018.[permanent dead link]
- Tim Carrier (2 November 2011). "Dream national debut for former Margs player - Local News - Sport - Hockey - Augusta Margaret River Mail". Margaretrivermail.com.au. Retrieved 13 June 2012.[permanent dead link]
- "Tri-nation tournament: Five-star Australia rout India - Sport - DNA". Dnaindia.com. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- "Australia men win FIH Pro League and reclaim top spot in world rankings". FIH. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- "Manpreet Singh nominated for FIH Player of the Year award". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Lausanne: The Times of India. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- Aran Zalewski at the International Hockey Federation
- Aran Zalewski at Olympedia
- Aran Zalewski at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Aran Zalewski at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Aran Zalewski at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Aran Zalewski at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Aran Zalewski at Hockey.org.au (also at HockeyAustralia.altiusrt.com)
- Aran Zalewski at Hockey.org.au at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 September 2018)
