{{short description|Australia field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Jed Snowden | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2001|8|15}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Australia | height = 189cm | weight = 86kg | position = Goalkeeper | years1 = 2021–2022 | clubs1 = HC Melbourne | years2 = 2023– | clubs2 = Adelaide Fire | nationalyears1 = 2021–2022 | nationalteam1 = Australia U–21 | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2025– | nationalteam2 = Australia | nationalcaps2 = 0 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Oceania Cup}} {{MedalGold|2025 Darwin|}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior Oceania Cup}} {{MedalGold|2022 Canberra|}} {{MedalCompetition|Sultan of Johor Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Johor Bahru|}} }} '''Jed Snowden''' (born 15 August 2001)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/795/reports/teams |title=Team Details – Australia |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=20 December 2024}}</ref> is a field hockey goalkeeper from Australia.<ref name="HA">{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey.org.au/athletes/kookaburras-squad-profiles/ |title=Kookaburras 2025 Squad |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockey.org.au |accessdate=20 December 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== Jed Snowden was born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria.<ref name="VIS">{{cite web |url=https://vis.org.au/athletes/jed-snowden |title=JED SNOWDEN |publisher=Victorian Institute of Sport |website=vis.org.au |accessdate=20 December 2024}}</ref> He is a scholarship holder at the Victorian Institute of Sport.<ref name="VIS"/>
==Career== ===Domestic league=== Snowden currently plays club hockey for Essendon Hockey Club in the Hockey Victoria Premier League competition.<ref name="VIS"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hockeyvictoria.altiusrt.com/people/9749 |title=SNOWDEN Jed |publisher=Hockey Victoria |website=hockeyvictoria.altiusrt.com |accessdate=20 December 2024}}</ref> At national level, he represents Adelaide Fire in the Liberty Hockey One League.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/people/2408 |title=SNOWDEN Jed |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com |accessdate=20 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hockeyone.com.au/player/jed-snowden/ |title=Jed Snowden |publisher=Hockey One |website=hockeyone.com.au |accessdate=20 December 2024}}</ref>
===Under–18=== Snowden was a member of the Australian Youth Squad at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.<ref name="FIH">{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/21698 |title=SNOWDEN Jed |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=20 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://aoc-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/corporate/live/files/dmfile/jed-snowden-yog-bio1.pdf |title=JED SNOWDEN – HOCKEY 5’S |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |website=aoc-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com |accessdate=20 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2502495 |title=Jed Snowden – Biographical information |publisher=Olympedia |website=Olympedia |accessdate=20 December 2024}}</ref>
===Under–21=== 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.<ref name="FIH"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/india-beat-australia-5-4-in-shootout-claim-3rd-sultan-of-johor-cup-crown/articleshow/95169078.cms#:~:text=JOHOR%20BAHRU%20(Malaysia)%3A%20Two,time%20in%20the%20title%20encounter. |title=India beat Australia 5–4 in shootout, claim 3rd Sultan of Johor Cup crown |publisher=Times of India |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=29 October 2022 |accessdate=20 December 2024}}</ref> Later that year he represented the team again, winning gold at the Junior Oceania Cup in Canberra.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey.org.au/news/burras-and-jillaroos-go-undefeated-against-junior-black-sticks |title=Burras and Jillaroos go undefeated against Junior Black Sticks |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockey.org.au |date=14 December 2022 |accessdate=20 December 2024}}</ref>
===Kookaburras=== Following an overhaul of the national squad following the 2024 Summer Olympics, Snowden was named in the Kookaburras squad for the first time.<ref name="HA"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey.org.au/news/mark-hager-leads-kookaburras-into-a-new-era-with-2025-squad |title=Mark Hager leads Kookaburras into a new era with competitive 2025 Squad |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockey.org.au |date=16 December 2024 |accessdate=20 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.themercury.com.au/sport/kookaburras-axe-2000-games-worth-of-experience-in-highperformance-squad-reveal/news-story/f22039cc1324eb8d9ec7d5089be227aa |title=Kookaburras axe 2000 games worth of experience in high-performance squad reveal |publisher=The Mercury |website=themercury.com.au |date=16 December 2024 |accessdate=20 December 2024}}</ref> He will make his senior international debut during season six of the FIH Pro League.<ref name="HA"/>
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==External links== *{{FIH|21698}} *[https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/people/2408 Jed Snowden] at Hockey Australia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Snowden, Jed}} Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:Australian men's field hockey players Category:Men's field hockey goalkeepers Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen