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Jed Snowden
Personal information
Born (2001-08-15) 15 August 2001 (age 23)
Melbourne, Australia
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career
Years Team
2021–2022 HC Melbourne
2023– Adelaide Fire
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2021–2022 Australia U–21 9 (0)
2025– Australia 0 (0)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Junior Oceania Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Canberra
Sultan of Johor Cup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Johor Bahru

Jed Snowden (born 15 August 2001)[1] is a field hockey goalkeeper from Australia.[2]

Personal life

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Jed Snowden was born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria.[3] He is a scholarship holder at the Victorian Institute of Sport.[3]

Career

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Domestic league

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Snowden currently plays club hockey for Essendon Hockey Club in the Hockey Victoria Premier League competition.[3][4] At national level, he represents Adelaide Fire in the Liberty Hockey One League.[5][6]

Under–18

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Snowden was a member of the Australian Youth Squad at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.[7][8][9]

Under–21

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In 2022, Snowden made his junior international debut. He was a member of the silver medal winning Australian U–21 side, the Burras, at the 2022 Sultan of Johor Cup in Johor Bahru.[7][10] Later that year he represented the team again, winning gold at the Junior Oceania Cup in Canberra.[11]

Kookaburras

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Following an overhaul of the national squad following the 2024 Summer Olympics, Snowden was named in the Kookaburras squad for the first time.[2][12][13] He will make his senior international debut during season six of the FIH Pro League.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Team Details – Australia". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Kookaburras 2025 Squad". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "JED SNOWDEN". vis.org.au. Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  4. ^ "SNOWDEN Jed". hockeyvictoria.altiusrt.com. Hockey Victoria. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  5. ^ "SNOWDEN Jed". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Jed Snowden". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  7. ^ a b "SNOWDEN Jed". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  8. ^ "JED SNOWDEN – HOCKEY 5'S" (PDF). aoc-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Jed Snowden – Biographical information". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  10. ^ "India beat Australia 5–4 in shootout, claim 3rd Sultan of Johor Cup crown". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Times of India. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Burras and Jillaroos go undefeated against Junior Black Sticks". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Mark Hager leads Kookaburras into a new era with competitive 2025 Squad". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Kookaburras axe 2000 games worth of experience in high-performance squad reveal". themercury.com.au. The Mercury. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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