Matthew Wells OAM (born 2 May 1978 in Hobart, Tasmania) is a field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by beating title holders The Netherlands in the final. Four years earlier, when Sydney hosted the Summer Games, he finished in third spot with The Kookaburras, as the Men's National Team is called. He had to miss the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup due to injury.
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External links
edit- Matthew Wells at Olympedia
- Matthew Wells at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Matthew Wells at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Profile on Hockey Australia
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