James Elmer

Australian field hockey player

James Elmer

Personal information

Full name

James Andrew Elmer

Nickname

Jimmy

Born

8 May 1971 (1971-05-08) (age 52)
Melbourne, Victoria

Height

176 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

53 kg (117 lb)

Medal record

Men's field hockey

Representing Australia
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	Team
Champions Trophy
	1999 Brisbane	Team
Commonwealth Games
	1998 Kuala Lumpur	Team

James Andrew "Jimmy" Elmer (born 8 May 1971^[1] in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney

He was nicknamed Jimmy by his teammates. Elmer made his senior debut for The Kookaburras in 1993. He played in every Champions Trophy since 1991, but always missed "the big ones", until the Sydney Games. There he finished his career after 102 international matches, in which he scored 30 goals.

James is currently captain for Doncaster in the Victorian Masters League A grade division. His team suffered a 5–4 loss to the Hawthorn Hockey Club in the 2012 grand final following extra time in a penalty goal shoot-out. James took the 4th of 5 penalties for his team, which was saved by the Hawthorn keeper Corey Blake.

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jimmy Elmer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2018.