Craig Victory


Craig Victory is a field hockey striker from Australia who played 102 international games for the Australia men's national field hockey team, the Kookaburras. He is a Commonwealth Games, World Cup and Champions Trophy Gold Medalist and was an Olympic Bronze Medalist with the Australia men's national field hockey team the Kookaburras at the 2000 in Sydney.
As a successful coach, he has served as Head Coach of the South Australian Sports Institute hockey program, Head Coach of the 2011 winning SA Suns in the Australian Hockey League, Australian Junior Women’s coach and Assistant Coach to the Gold Medal winning Hockeyroos at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Personal

Craig lives in Perth, Western Australia.

Field Hockey - Playing

Club Hockey

Craig played club hockey for the Port Adelaide District Hockey Club Magpies.

State Hockey

He represented South Australia as part of the Southern Hotshots.

International Hockey

Craig was a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team the Kookaburras from 1999-2006, playing 102 games and scoring 36 goals. He was a part of the bronze medal winning Men’s team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a silver and gold medal at the World Cup and Commonwealth Games respectively.
He had his jaw broken following an on field incident involving Pakistan captain Muhammad Saqlain in a match at the Hamburg Masters in August 2005.
International Playing Career tournaments included:

State Coaching

Craig was head hockey coach of the South Australian Sports Institute program and also served as the Hockey SA Game Development Manager in the early/mid 2000s.
He coached the peak South Australian State Representative team, the SA Suns to victory in the 2011 Australian Hockey League.

International Coaching

Craig was selected as coach of the Australian U21 Junior women’s team, the Jillaroos, in January 2013 and coached them until 2016. Key tournaments were:
He was also a part of the Senior Women’s team, the Hockeyroos, staff as Assistant Coach for: