Kieran Govers

Kieran Govers is an Australian field hockey player, born on 9 February 1988 and from New South Wales, where he played junior hockey in Albion Park. He has played professionally in Germany, including for Mannheim in 2011, and represented the NSW Waratahs in the Australian Hockey League. He first played for the Australian men's national team, the Kookaburras, in 2010 and won gold at the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup, the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and the 2014 Commonwealth Games, followed by a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. His younger brother, Blake Govers, is also an international hockey player. Govers has also served as chairperson of Illawarra South Coast Hockey Inc.