{{Short description|Australian field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Tim Brand | image = | caption = | fullname = Timothy Daniel Brand | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|11|29}} | birth_place = Gouda, Netherlands | position = Forward | currentclub = Klein Zwitserland | years1 = 2017–2018 | clubs1 = NSW Waratahs | caps1 = 11 | goals1 = 6 | years2 = 2019–2021 | clubs2 = NSW Pride | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 10 | years3 = 2021–present | clubs3 = Klein Zwitserland | totalcaps = 19 | totalgoals = 16 | nationalyears1 = 2016 | nationalteam1 = Australia U21 | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2018–present | nationalteam2 = Australia | nationalcaps2 = 45 | nationalgoals2 = 18 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Bhubaneswar|}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|2022 Birmingham|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Oceania Cup}} {{MedalGold|2019 Rockhampton|}} {{MedalGold|2025 Darwin|}} {{MedalCompetition|Champions Trophy}} {{MedalGold|2018 Breda|}} | updated = 8 August 2022 }} '''Timothy Daniel Brand''' (born 29 November 1998) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a forward for Dutch club Klein Zwitserland and the Australian national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hockey.org.au/High-Performance/Kookaburras-mens-team/Kookaburras-Squad-Profiles/ContentId/3060 |title=Tim Brand |publisher=Hockey Australia |accessdate=4 July 2018}}</ref>
Brand was born in the Netherlands and grew up in Chatswood, New South Wales.
==Club career== Brand previously played for the NSW Pride in the Hockey One. After the 2020 Summer Olympics he joined Dutch Hoofdklasse club Klein Zwitserland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ook Klein Zwitserland Komt Met Versterkingen Richting Nieuwe Seizoen |url=https://hoofdklassehockey.nl/nieuws/ook-klein-zwitserland-komt-met-versterkingen-richting-nieuwe-seizoen/ |website=hoofdklassehockey.nl |access-date=29 July 2021 |language=nl |date=3 June 2021}}</ref>
==International career== He made his senior international debut in June 2018, in a test series against Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hockey.org.au/News/kookaburras-champions-trophy-team-confirmed |title=Kookaburras' Champions Trophy Team Confirmed |publisher=Hockey Australia |accessdate=4 July 2018}}</ref>
In June 2018, Brand was selected in the Australian national squad for the 2018 Champions Trophy in Breda, Netherlands. The team won the tournament, defeating India 3–1 in a penalty shoot-out after the final finished a 1–1 draw.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/793 |title=Rabobank Hockey Champions Trophy Breda 2018 |publisher=FIH |accessdate=4 July 2018}}</ref> Tim has been selected in the 2018 Australian Men's Hockey Team to participate at the World Cup, in Odisha 28–16 December.
Brand was selected in the Kookaburras Olympics squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021|url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=The Roar|language=en-US}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{International Hockey Federation}} * {{Hockey Australia|tim-brand|id2=2144}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180913073513/http://hockey.org.au/High-Performance/Kookaburras-mens-team/Kookaburras-Squad-Profiles/ContentId/3060 archive]) * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com profile}} * {{Australian Olympic Committee}} * {{Commonwealth Games Australia}} * [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/tim-brand_1945341 Tim Brand] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|52469|Timothy Brand}}
{{Australia FHM Squad 2018 World Cup}} {{Australia FH Squad 2020 Summer Olympics}} {{Australia FH Squad 2022 Commonwealth Games}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brand, Tim}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Australian people of Dutch descent Category:Sportspeople from Gouda, South Holland Category:Field hockey players from South Holland Category:Australian men's field hockey players Category:Men's field hockey forwards Category:2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Category:Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic field hockey players for Australia Category:Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Category:HC Klein Zwitserland players Category:Australian expatriate field hockey players Category:Olympic silver medalists for Australia Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey Category:Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in field hockey Category:Sportsmen from New South Wales Category:2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
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