Hockey - SMITH Darren

Date of Birth: 14 Nov 1973

Gender: Male

Function : Head Coach

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events Entered

Discipline	Event	Rank
Hockey	Men NZL New Zealand	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Men's Pool A #M02 NZL New Zealand 2 IND India 3	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Pool A #M09 ESP Spain 3 NZL New Zealand 4	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Pool A #M15 JPN Japan 2 NZL New Zealand 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Men's Pool A #M20 AUS Australia 4 NZL New Zealand 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Men's Pool A #M28 ARG Argentina 4 NZL New Zealand 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

He played in 212 internationals for New Zealand between 1995 and 2006. He competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where the Black Sticks finished sixth. He also competed at two World Cups and three editions of the Commonwealth Games [1998, 2002, 2006], winning silver at the 2002 Games in Manchester, England. (stuff.co.nz, 14 Feb 2017; sports-reference.com, 01 Jan 2016; olympic.org.nz, 01 Jan 2006)

He was head coach of the New Zealand men's hockey team that won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (gc2018.com, 14 Apr 2018)

He led the Ireland women's hockey team to silver at the 2014 Hockey Champions Challenge I in Glasgow, Scotland. (rte.ie, 14 May 2015)

Appointment:

Previous role:

He was high performance director for Softball New Zealand between 2015 and 2017. He worked as head coach of the Ireland women's hockey team between 2013 and 2015, and served as an assistant coach for Hockey New Zealand between 2007 and 2012. He was high performance director of Midlands Hockey in New Zealand between 2007 and 2010.

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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