Craig Victory
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| Nationality | Australia |
| Born | 3 February 1980 Australia |
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Australia
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| Men's Field Hockey | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2000 Sydney | Team |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2002 Manchester | Team |
| World Cup | ||
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2002 Kuala Lumpar | Team |
| Champions Trophy | ||
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1999 Brisbane | Team |
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2001 Rotterdam | Team |
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2003 Amstelveen | Team |
Craig Victory (born 3 February 1980 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a field hockey striker from Australia who played 102 international games for the Australia men's national field hockey team, the Kookaburras. He is a Commonwealth Games, World Cup and Champions Trophy Gold Medalist and was an Olympic Bronze Medalist with the Australia men's national field hockey team the Kookaburras at the 2000 in Sydney.
As a successful coach, he has served as Head Coach of the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) hockey program, Head Coach of the 2011 winning SA Suns (formerly Southern Suns) in the Australian Hockey League, Australian Junior Women’s coach and Assistant Coach to the Gold Medal winning Hockeyroos at the 2014 Commonwealth Games .
Craig lives in Perth, Western Australia.
Craig played club hockey for the Port Adelaide District Hockey Club Magpies.
He represented South Australia as part of the Southern Hotshots (now known as the SA Hotshots).
Craig was a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team the Kookaburras from 1999-2006, playing 102 games and scoring 36 goals. He was a part of the bronze medal winning Men’s team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a silver and gold medal at the World Cup and Commonwealth Games respectively.
He had his jaw broken following an on field incident involving Pakistan captain Muhammad Saqlain in a match at the Hamburg Masters in August 2005.
International Playing Career tournaments included:
Craig was head hockey coach of the South Australian Sports Institute program and also served as the Hockey SA Game Development Manager in the early/mid 2000s.
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