David Bell (field hockey)
David Ian Bell, OAM[2] (born 11 March 1955 in Melbourne) is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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| Full name | David Ian Bell | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1955 Melbourne, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (169 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 143 lb (65 kg)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He attended Aquinas College, Perth.[3]
Bell was first selected for Western Australia in 1974 and was a member of the Australia that won a silver medal at 1976 Montreal Olympics.[4] The Australian hockey team boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics. The Australian team finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He captained the Australian team that won the 1986 Hockey World Cup.[4]
He was the head coach of the Australia women's national field hockey team and the Australian Institute of Sport women's program from 2001 to 2004. Major coaching results were:
- 2001: 3rd – Champions Trophy
- 2002: 4th – World Cup ; 4th – Champions Trophy ; 3rd – Commonwealth Games
- 2003: 1st – Champions Trophy
- 2004: 5th – Athens Olympics
Recognition edit
- 1987 – Medal of the Order of Australia in 1987 for his services to hockey[2]
- 1997 – inducted into WA Hall of Champions[4]
- 2004 – inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.[5]
- 2008 – inducted into Hockey Australia Hall of Fame[6]
References edit
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ a b "David Ian Bell, OAM". It's an Honour. from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ Hockey WA – Bulletin Seven 4 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "David Bell". WAIS website. from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "David Bell". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Hockey Australia Hall of Fame Award Recipients" (PDF). Hockey Australia website. (PDF) from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
External links edit
- David Bell at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
- David Bell at the Australian Olympic Committee
- David Bell at Olympics.com
- David Bell at Olympedia