Bevan George

Bevan George

Personal information
Born	22 March 1977
Medal record Men’s Field Hockey Competitor for Australia Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens Team Bronze 2008 Beijing Team Champions Trophy Gold 2005 Chennai Team Silver 2003 Amstelveen Team Silver 2007 Kuala Lumpur Team Commonwealth Games Gold 2006 Melbourne Team

Bevan George (born 22 March 1977 in Narrogin, Western Australia) is a retired field hockey defender from Australia.

George won a gold medal with the Australia national field hockey team (The Kookaburras) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and captained The Kookaburras at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where they won a bronze medal. George retired from international competition after the Beijing Games, having played 208 games for Australia.

He was also part of the Australian Junior Team that won the golden medal at the Junior World Cup in Milton Keynes, 1997. George, nicknamed Jethro, played his 100th match for The Kookaburras on 23 May 2004 against Belgium during the European Tour. He was the captain of the team that won the Champions Trophy in December 2005 in Chennai, where he was named Player of the Tournament, as well as captain.

International Tournaments

• 2000 - Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (5th place)
• 2001 - Champions Trophy, Rotterdam (2nd place)
• 2002 - World Cup, Kuala Lumpur (2nd place)
• 2002 - Commonwealth Games, Manchester (1st place)
• 2002 - Champions Trophy, Cologne (5th place)
• 2003 - Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place)
• 2004 - Olympic Games, Athens (1st place)
• 2005 - Champions Trophy, Chennai (1st place)
• 2006 - Commonwealth Games, Melbourne (1st place)
• 2006 - Champions Trophy, Terrassa (4th place)
• 2006 - World Cup, Mönchengladbach (2nd place)
• 2007 - Champions Trophy, Kuala Lumpur (2nd place)
• 2008 - Olympic Games, Beijing (3rd place)