Gareth Brooks | New Zealand Olympic Team

Gareth Brooks

Gareth debuted for the Black Sticks in 2002 and was a member of the 2004 Athens team who finished a creditable 6^th. His career high is Athens, while his career low was losing to Great Britain at the 2006 World Cup. He is a striker who has a very high work rate that often includes multiple leads and is very solid in receiving the ball and passing. Gareth has recently relocated to Wellington and works as an accountant for BDO Spicers – BDO are also a major partner of WorldHockey. Outside of hockey Gareth enjoys water-skiing, surfing and hunting.

Olympic Summer Games Beijing 2008
- Hockey (Hockey - Men)
  Classification 7th-8th 4-2
  
  Preliminaries - Pool A - GER v NZL 3-1
  
  Preliminaries - Pool A - NZL v CHN 2-2
  
  Preliminaries - Pool A - BEL v NZL 2-4
  
  Preliminaries - Pool A - NZL v ESP 0-1
  
  Preliminaries - Pool A - KOR v NZL 1-3
  Placed 7 of 12
Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006
- Hockey (Hockey - Men)
  Classification - 3rd Pool MA vs 3rd Pool MB (5th & 2-1
  
  Preliminary Rounds - AUS vs NZL 2-5
  
  Preliminary Rounds - NZL vs SCO 5-0
  
  Preliminary Rounds - NZL vs CAN 4-1
  
  Preliminary Rounds - NZL vs ENG 3-4
Olympic Summer Games Athens 2004
- Hockey (Hockey - Men)
  Classification 5-6 2-4
  
  Classification 5-8 4-3
  
  Preliminaries - Pool B 2-1
  
  Preliminaries - Pool B 3-1
  
  Preliminaries - Pool B 3-4
  
  Preliminaries - Pool B 1-4
  
  Preliminaries - Pool B 4-1
  Placed 6 of 12