Matthew Swann

Matthew David Swann (born 16 May 1989) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australian men's national field hockey team, making his first cap in 2009. He won a gold medal at the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and a bronze medal the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal Swann is from Queensland. He is tall. He used to live in Herston, Queensland. He moved to Perth, Western Australia to spend more time with the national team. He played junior hockey in Mackay, Queensland. He currently resides in Perth, Western Australia.

National team Swann won his first cap for the Kookaburras in 2009. That year, he was a member of the team that finished first at the Hockey Champions Trophy. In May 2011, he played in the Azlan Shah Cup for Australia. The Cup featured teams from Pakistan, Malaysia, India, South Korea, Britain and New Zealand. He represented Australia at the Champions Trophy in New Zealand in 2011, In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina.

He was part of Australia's gold medal-winning team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Recognition In 2011, Swann was honoured by being named the Young Player of the Year by the International Hockey Federation. In 2011, he was named in the World All-Star Team.