Des Abbott
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Field Hockey | ||
Competitor for  Australia |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze | 2008 Beijing | Team |
| Champions Trophy | ||
| Gold | 2008 Rotterdam | Team |
| Gold | 2010 Mönchengladbach | Team |
Des Abbott (born 10 January 1986 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is a field hockey forward from Australia, who won the gold medals with the Men's National Team at the 2008 Champions Trophy in Rotterdam, and the 2009 Champions Trophy in Melbourne. He was selected for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where Australia placed third. He is captain of the NT Stingers in the National Hockey League and has been part of the Australian team since 2007.
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- 1986 births
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- Australian field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players of Australia
- Indigenous Australian sportspeople
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- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Australian Olympic medalist stubs
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