GOVERS Blake

Date of Birth: 6 Jul 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Place of birth: WOLLONGONG, NSW

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : PERTH, WA

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Hockey	Men AUS Australia	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Pool A #M01 JPN Japan 3 AUS Australia 5	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Pool A #M07 IND India 1 AUS Australia 7	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Pool A #M13 ARG Argentina 2 AUS Australia 5	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 #M25 AUS Australia 1 ESP Spain 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Quarter-final #M31 AUS Australia 2 (3) NED Netherlands 2 (0)	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Semi-final #M35 AUS Australia 3 GER Germany 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Men's Gold Medal Match #M38 AUS Australia 1 (2) BEL Belgium 1 (3)	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2018	Bhubaneswar, IND

FIH Pro League

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2019
2	Men	2020

Champions Trophy

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2018	Breda, NED

World League Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2016/2017	Bhubaneswar, IND

Oceania Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2019	Rockhampton, QLD, AUS
1	Men	2017	Sydney, NSW, AUS

Junior World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2016	Lucknow, IND

Gov, Govs, Luvna (jdhockey.co, 15 Mar 2015)

Occupation:

Athlete, Real Estate Agent

Trade - Bricklayer

Languages spoken:

Colin Batch [national], AUS

Position style:

Forward (hockey.org.au, 2019)

Right (illawarramercury.com.au, 05 May 2015)

Sporting relatives:

His older brother Kieran represented Australia in hockey, and won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. He also won World Cup, Champions Trophy and Commonwealth Games gold medals, before retiring from international hockey in 2018. His two other brothers, Hayden and Scott, have represented New South Wales at state level. (illawarramercury.com.au, 22 Nov 2018; thenewdaily.com.au, 24 Aug 2015; illawarramercury.com.au, 07 Feb 2013; SportsDeskOnline, 02 Aug 2019)

2015 for Australia Against Pakistan, Friendly Match in Hobart, Australia (jdhockey.co, 15 Mar 2015)

He was ruled out of the Australian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, after suffering a broken finger in training several days prior to the start of the Games. (sportstar.thehindu.com, 26 Nov 2018; barossaherald.com.au, 06 Apr 2018)

In November 2015 he cracked the fibula bone in his lower leg during a match against India. He returned to competition in March 2016. (kiamaindependent.com.au, 23 Nov 2015; justhockey.com.au, 17 Mar 2016)

His father and older brothers played, so he naturally followed them into the sport. "I didn't really have a choice. My dad was a good hockey player when he was young, and he had introduced us to the sport." (The Saturday Paper, 01 Dec 2018; jdhockey.co, 15 Mar 2015)

To compete at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. (busseltonmail.com.au, 02 Aug 2019)

Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 04 Apr 2018)

His older brother Kieran Govers. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 04 Apr 2018)

Australian hockey player Jamie Dwyer. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 04 Apr 2018)

He always puts on his shin pads, socks and shoes starting with his left leg. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 04 Apr 2018)

He was named Young Player of the Tournament at the 2014/15 World League Semifinals in Antwerp, Belgium, and Player of the Tournament at the 2016 Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia. (ihockey.com, 20 Apr 2016, fih.ch, 07 Jun 2016)

General Interest

General
MOVE TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA
In mid-2019 he moved from the east coast of Australia to Busselton in Western Australia, a small coastal city around two hours south of Perth. He began working for a real estate agency. "I am from Kiama, about two hours south of Sydney, [and] Busselton is a mirror image of there. I am definitely excited to be living here and have already been to check out the Busselton hockey stadium." He later moved to Perth, WA, Australia, and since February 2020 he has worked for real estate agency based in Fremantle. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020; emgx.com.au, 2020; busseltonmail.com.au, 02 Aug 2019)

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Legend

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

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