Wayne Denne
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Wayne Denne is a field hockey
player from South Africa
, who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in Athens
. He made his international debut for his native country in 1995, against Australia
at the Indra Gandhi Gold Cup in India
. The midfielder played for Western Province
.
Denne announced his retirement from international hockey in 2001 but returned shortly after to gain selection in the build up to the 2002 World Hockey Cup, competing on a tour of Germany. He is nickname
d Wayno, Gladstone or Hobs.
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player from South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
. He made his international debut for his native country in 1995, against Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
at the Indra Gandhi Gold Cup in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The midfielder played for Western Province
Western Cape
The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province...
.
Denne announced his retirement from international hockey in 2001 but returned shortly after to gain selection in the build up to the 2002 World Hockey Cup, competing on a tour of Germany. He is nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
d Wayno, Gladstone or Hobs.
International Senior Tournaments
- 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 (9th) - 1999 – All-Africa GamesAll-Africa GamesThe All-Africa Games, sometimes called the African Games or the Pan African Games, are a regional multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa...
, Johannesburg (1st) - 2002 – World Cup2002 Men's Hockey World CupThe 2002 Hockey World Cup for men is the 10th tournament of the Hockey World Cup, held from February 24 to March 9, 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
, Kuala Lumpur (13th) - 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 (4th) - 2003 – Champions Challenge2003 Men's Champions Challenge (field hockey)The 2003 Men's Champions Challenge is the second tournament of the Champions Challenge, which took place in Johannesburg, South Africa from July 19 to July 27, 2003.Participating nations were England, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain, host South Africa, and Korea...
, Johannesburg (3rd) - 2004 – Olympic Qualifier, Madrid (7th)
- 2004 – Summer OlympicsField hockey at the 2004 Summer OlympicsField Hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Hockey Centre located within the Helliniko Olympic Complex. The competitions for both men and women was split into two groups with the top two teams after the preliminary rounds progressing through to the semi-finals.-Men's...
, Athens (10th)