Rob Short
Encyclopedia
Rob Short (born August 11, 1972 in Maidstone
, England
) is a Canadian field hockey player.
Maidstone
Maidstone is the county town of Kent, England, south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town linking Maidstone to Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river was a source and route for much of the town's trade. Maidstone was the centre of the agricultural...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
) is a Canadian field hockey player.
Career
Short played his first international senior tournament in 1995, at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. Highlights include the 1998 World Cup in The Netherlands where the Canadian team finished 8th with Rob scoring 4 goals in the 7 games. In 2000 he competed with the national hockey team of Canada at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, where the team finished 10th. A recent win (over Argentina in strokes) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Pan American Games means Rob competed in his second Olympic Games in Beijing in the summer of 2008. Short now plays club hockey at the highest level in the Netherlands since 1999; 3 years with HC Rotterdam, 2 years at Laren and is currently playing his 7th year with HGC. He lives in Tsawwassen, British ColumbiaTsawwassen, British Columbia
Tsawwassen is a suburban, mostly residential community located on a peninsula in the southwestern corner of the Corporation of Delta, British Columbia, Canada. Tsawwassen provides the only road access to the community of Point Roberts, Washington via 56th Street...
International Senior Competitions
- 1995 – Pan American GamesPan American GamesThe Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...
, Mar del Plata (2nd) - 1996 – Olympic Qualifier, Barcelona (6th)
- 1996 – World Cup Preliminary, Sardinia (2nd)
- 1997 – World Cup Qualifier1997 Men's Hockey World Cup QualifierThe sixth Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier for the World Cup in Utrecht, The Netherlands was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Tuesday March 4 to Saturday March 15, 1997. Twelve nations took part, and they were divided into two groups of six in the preliminary round...
, Kuala Lumpur (5th) - 1998 – World Cup1998 Men's Hockey World CupThe 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 9th Hockey World Cup held in Utrecht, Netherlands. The competition was held from June 20 — July 1. The trophy was won by the Netherlands national field hockey team. Spain came second and Germany came third. The Dutch made history by being the only country to...
, Utrecht (8th) - 1998 – Commonwealth Games1998 Commonwealth GamesThe 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...
, Kuala Lumpur (not ranked) - 1999 – Pan American GamesHockey at the 1999 Pan American GamesThe Field Hockey Tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games was held on the pitch of the Kildonan East College near Winnipeg, Canada, from Saturday July 24 to Wednesday August 4. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-Umpires: Xavier Adell Cameron...
, Winnipeg (1st) - 2000 – Americas Cup, Cuba (2nd)
- 2000 – Olympic Games2000 Summer OlympicsThe Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, Sydney (10th) - 2001 – World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh (8th)
- 2002 – Commonwealth Games2002 Commonwealth GamesThe 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
, Manchester (6th) - 2003 – Pan American Games2003 Pan American GamesThe 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 1 to 17 August 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when this country had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America....
, Santo Domingo (2nd) - 2004 – Olympic Qualifier, Madrid (11th)
- 2004 – Pan Am Cup, London (2nd)
- 2006 – Commonwealth Games2006 Commonwealth GamesThe 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
, Melbourne (9th) - 2006 – World Cup Qualifier2006 Men's Hockey World Cup QualifierThe 2006 Hockey World Cup Qualifier for men is a pre-tournament for 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup. It was held from April 12 to April 23 in Changzhou, China.Twelve teams participated in this event to determined the final five slot to the World Cup...
, Changzou City (10th) - 2007 – Pan American Games2007 Pan American GamesThe 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in...
, Rio (1st) - 2008 – Olympic Games2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
, Beijing (10th) - 2009 — Pan American Cup2009 Men's Pan American CupThe 2009 Men's Pan American Cup is the third tournament of the Pan American Cup for men. It was held in Santiago, Chile from March 7 to March 15, 2009. The tournament will also double as the qualification to the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup. Canada earned an automatic spot for 2010 World Cup after...
, Santiago (1st)