Robert Haigh

Olympic medal record
Men's Hockey
	1968 Mexico City	team
	1976 Montreal	team

Robert Haigh (born 27 March 1945 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former hockey player from Australia, who won two Olympic silver medals as a member of the national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He also competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where the Australian team finished fifth.

Since retiring as a player he has worked closely with the Australian men's and women's national programs. He was an assistant coach to Ric Charlesworth with the Australian women's team, the Hockeyroos, and in 2010 was a selector for the men's national team, the Kookaburras. He was inducted into the Australian Hockey Hall of Fame in 2008 and South Australian Sport Hall of Fame in 2011.

Haigh played with the Woodville Hockey Club in South Australia where he is a Life Member. The reserve on which the Woodville clubrooms and pitch are located are named after him.

Haigh was a member of the Australian Men’s Hockey team from 1966-1976 and was captain of the team in 1975-76. He won two silver Olympic medals with the team at the 1968 and 1976 Summer Olympic Games and was the official Flag carrier for Australia at the closing ceremony of the 1976 Games in Montreal.

Haigh was an assistant coach for the Australia women's national field hockey team, the Hockeyroos under head coach Ric Charlesworth who won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

He was also a selector for Australia men's national field hockey team, the Kookaburras, in 2010. In 2008 he was inducted into the Australian Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2011, he was inducted into the South Australian Sport Hall of Fame.

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