Daniel Beale
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Daniel Beale (hockey) is a triple Commonwealth Games gold medallist and has played over 200 games for the Kookaburras.
The midfielder was a member of Australia’s gold-medal winning hockey 5s at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore and captained the Australian under-21 team (the ‘Burras’) at the Junior World Cup in 2013 before breaking into the Kookaburras team shortly afterwards, making his senior debut against India. He was also part of the 2016 Rio Olympics and the silver-medal winning side in Tokyo in 2021.
Daniel began playing with his brothers but cites the 2004 Olympic gold medal-winning Australian team in Athens as inspiration for who he wanted to become as a player.
Daniel works for global construction company Multiplex.
Results History
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Additional Information
Languages Spoken:
ping pong table
Are you a citizen of a country other than Australia? If yes, please provide details?
No
Club details:
QLD - Commercial Cobars WA - Westside Wolves
Why did you begin your sport?
Family
Do you have any pre-competition routines or rituals?
Turn up and play
What is your most memorable sporting achievement?
Competing in Rio 2016, Gold at 2014 Galsgow Commonwealth Games
Who is your hero / idol, and why? Have you ever met them?
Michael Jordon - So good beyond, his ability to compete
Who has been the most influential person or people in your career and why?
My father - my coach for a lot of my hockey career
Do you have any hobbies away from your sport?
Golf and beach, coffee
What is your sporting ambition?
Compete for as long a can, as well as I can
