Craig Marais (field hockey)
.jpg) India and Australia at the Hockey5s tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Born |
28 May 2002 Brighton East, Victoria | ||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||
| 2019– | HC Melbourne | ||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2018 | Australia U–18 | 7 | (2) | ||||||||
| 2022– | Australia | 4 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Craig Marais (born 28 May 2002)[1] is a field hockey player from Australia, who plays as a forward.[2][3]
Personal life
[edit]Craig Marais was born and raised in Brighton East, Victoria.[2]
He attended Brighton Grammar School,[4] is currently studying business at Monash University.[5] His brother Bradley also is an international hockey player.[4][6]
Career
[edit]Domestic hockey
[edit]In 2019, Marais was a member of the HC Melbourne team for the inaugural season of the Sultana Bran Hockey One League.[7][8][9]
National teams
[edit]Under–18
[edit]Craig Marais made his debut for Australia in 2018, where he was a member of the Under–18 team at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.[10][11]
Kookaburras
[edit]In 2022, Marais was named in the Kookaburras for the first time.[2][5] In April of that year, he made his senior international debut in a test series against Malaysia in Perth.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – Australia". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Kookaburras squad finalised with four new additions". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Craig Marais". vis.org.au. Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Monash students named in National Hockey Squad!". connectedcommunities.monash.edu. Monash University. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "MARAIS Bradley". tms.fih.ch. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "MARAIS Craig". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Marais named in Hockey One team". brightongrammar.vic.edu.au. Brighton Grammar School. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Craig Marais". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "CRAIG MARAIS – HOCKEY 5's" (PDF). aoc-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "3 Southern players selected for Youth Olympic Games". suhc.com.au. Southern United Hockey Club. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "MARAIS Craig". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- Craig Marais at HockeyAustralia.altiusrt.com
- Craig Marais at the International Hockey Federation
- Craig Marais at Olympedia
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- People educated at Brighton Grammar School
- Australian male field hockey players
- Male field hockey forwards
- Field hockey players from Melbourne
- People from Brighton, Victoria
- Monash University alumni
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
- Australian field hockey biography stubs