Hayden Beltz
Australian field hockey player
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Hayden Beltz (born 8 September 1997)[1] is a field hockey player from Australia.[2][3]
Hobart, Tasmania
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| Born |
8 September 1997 Hobart, Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Tassie Tigers (AHL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Tassie Tigers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Australia U–21 | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
Hayden Beltz was born and raised in Hobart, Tasmania.[4][5]
He has an older brother, Joshua, who is a member of the Australian senior national team.[4]
Career
Club hockey
In 2018, Beltz was signed to play for Surbiton in the England Hockey League for the 2018–2019 season.[6] During his time at Surbiton, Beltz also represented the team during the 2018–2019 EHL.[7]
Domestic leagues
Australian Hockey League
Hayden Beltz made his Australian Hockey League (AHL) debut in 2015 representing his home state Tasmania as a member of the Tassie Tigers.[8] During his four–season career with the Tigers, Beltz won bronze at two tournaments, in 2015 and during the final edition of the tournament in 2018.[9][10]
Hockey One
After the overhaul of the AHL and introduction of the Hockey One, Beltz was named in a rebranded Tassie Tigers team for the inaugural edition of the competition.[11][12]
National programs
Under–21
Beltz was a member of the Australia U–21 side, the 'Burras', from 2015–2018.[13] During this time, he represented the team at two Sultan of Johor Cup's in 2015 and 2018, winning a bronze medal at the latter.[14]
National development squad
In 2019, Beltz was named in the Australian development squad for the first time.[15][2][5]