Rob Short
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Robert ("Rob") Short (born August 11, 1972 in Maidstone, England) is a field hockey player from Canada, who played his first international senior tournament in 1995, at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. In 2000 he competed with the national hockey team of Canada at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, where the North Americans finished tenth. Short plays club hockey at highest level in the Netherlands since 1999, first at HGC, and later on with HC Rotterdam. In the summer of 2006 he returned to HGC. His brother Peter Short also represents Canada, his girlfriend Fatima Moreira de Melo represents the Netherlands. Rob also is the proud Godfather of a little boy, Tom(referred to by Rob as "Tomeo").
[edit] International Senior Competitions
- 1995 – Pan American Games, Mar del Plata (2nd)
- 1996 – Olympic Qualifier, Barcelona (6th)
- 1996 – World Cup Preliminary, Sardinia (2nd)
- 1997 – World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur (5th)
- 1998 – World Cup, Utrecht (8th)
- 1998 – Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur (not ranked)
- 1999 – Pan American Games, Winnipeg (1st)
- 2000 – Americas Cup, Cuba (2nd)
- 2000 – Olympic Games, Sydney (10th)
- 2001 – World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh (8th)
- 2002 – Commonwealth Games, Manchester (6th)
- 2003 – Pan American Games, Santo Domingo (2nd)
- 2004 – Olympic Qualifier, Madrid (11th)
- 2004 – Pan Am Cup, London (2nd)
- 2006 – Commonwealth Games, Melbourne (9th)
- 2006 – World Cup Qualifier, Changzou City (10th)
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