Joshua Simmonds

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Joshua Simmonds
Personal information
Born (1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 26)
Ringwood, Victoria
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Doncaster Hockey Club
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 NT Stingers 6 (0)
2015–2018 VIC Vikings 16 (7)
2019– HC Melbourne 2 (2)
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Australia U–21 17 (2)
2018– Australia 24 (1)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
FIH Pro League
Gold medal – first place 2019 Amstelveen

Joshua Simmonds (born 4 October 1995)[1] is a field hockey player from Australia.[2]

Personal life[]

Joshua “Mediocre” Simmonds was born and raised in Ringwood, Victoria.[2]

He is a member of the Victorian Institute of Sport, and has referenced Floyd Mayweather as his sporting hero.[3]

Career[]

Club level[]

At club level, Joshua Simmonds plays hockey for Doncaster Hockey Club in the Victorian Premier League.[4] He has also played for in the Western Australia Premier Competition.[5]

State level[]

Throughout his youth, Joshua Simmonds represented his home state, Victoria, in all domestic competitions.[6]

In 2014, Simmonds was recruited by the NT Stingers in the Australian Hockey League as an import player.[7] Following his AHL debut for the Northern Territory, Simmonds returned to play for the VIC Vikings from 2015 onwards.[6] This included winning the championship at the 2016 edition.[8]

Following the overhaul of the AHL in 2018, Simmonds was selected to represent HC Melbourne in Hockey Australia's new domestic league, Hockey One, in 2019.[9]

National teams[]

Under–21[]

Joshua Simmonds made his junior international debut for the Australia U–21 side in 2015, at the Sultan of Johor Cup, where the team finished fifth.[10]

In 2016, Simmonds went on to represent the side again; at the Sultan of Johor Cup and Junior World Cup.[11]

Kookaburras[]

Following two years in the national development squad, Simmonds made his senior international debut for the Kookaburras in 2018 during a test match against Argentina in Darwin, Northern Territory.[11] He then went on the represent the team during the International Hockey Open.[12] In November 2018, Simmonds was named in the Kookaburras squad for the 2019 calendar year.[13]

Simmonds started 2019 in the Kookaburras team during the FIH Pro League in Melbourne, Victoria.[14] Simmonds continued to represent the team during the Pro League, culminating with a gold medal in Amstelveen, following a 3–2 win over Belgium.

References[]

  1. ^ "Team Details – Australia". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Joshua Simmonds". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. ^ "JOSH SIMMONDS". vis.org.au. Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Congratulations to Josh Simmonds now in the Kookaburra Squad". doncasterhockeyclub.com.au. Doncaster Hockey Club. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  5. ^ "SIMMONDS Joshua". hockeywa.altiusrt.com. Hockey WA. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  6. ^ a b "SIMMONDS Josh". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  7. ^ "AHL Teams Named". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  8. ^ "VIC VIKINGS WIN AHL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1998". justhockey.com.au. . Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Hockey Club Melbourne – Men's Squad". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Aussies finish fifth". sultanjohorcup.com.my. Sultan of Johor Cup. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  11. ^ a b "SIMMONDS Joshua". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  12. ^ "KOOKABURRAS TEAM NAMED FOR DARWIN INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY OPEN". justhockey.com.au. . Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  13. ^ "2019 National Senior Men's Squad Announced". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  14. ^ "FIH Pro League: Doncaster's Josh Simmonds and Hayley Padget play on home soil". heraldsun.com.au. Herald Sun. Retrieved 6 October 2019.

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