Rob Short

Rob 'Short' is a Canadian field hockey player.

Career

Short played his first international senior tournament in 1995, at the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. Highlights include the 1998 World Cup in the Netherlands where the Canadian team finished 8th, with Short scoring 4 goals in the 7 games. In 2000 he competed with the national hockey team of Canada at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, where the team finished 10th. A recent win in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the Pan American Games meant Rob competed in his second Olympic Games in Beijing in the summer of 2008.
Short has played club hockey at the highest level in the Netherlands since 1999; 3 years with HC Rotterdam, 2 years at Laren, and is currently playing his 9th year with HGC. Last year with HGC, he won the EHL and took home the MVP of the European competition and with it 5000 Euro.
Both Short and his older brother Mark are avid poker players who play tournaments both online with PokerStars.com, and occasionally in casinos around the world.
In addition to playing field hockey, Short is also a business owner with Mantis Hockey, Voodoo America, & Omatas Sports, which all distribute field hockey sticks and equipment across North America.
Short currently splits time between Amsterdam and his family in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

International Senior Competitions

1995 - Pan American Games, Mar del Plata
1996 - Olympic Qualifier, Barcelona
1996 - World Cup Preliminary, Sardinia
1997 - World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur
1998 - World Cup, Utrecht
1998 - Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur
1999 - Pan American Games, Winnipeg
2000 - Americas Cup, Cuba
2000 - Olympic Games, Sydney
2001 - World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh
2002 - Commonwealth Games, Manchester
2003 - Pan American Games, Santo Domingo
2004 - Olympic Qualifier, Madrid
2004 - Pan Am Cup, London
2006 - Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
2006 - World Cup Qualifier, Changzou City
2007 - Pan American Games, Rio
2008 - Olympic Games, Beijing
2009 — Pan American Cup, Santiago
2010 - Commonwealth Games, India
2010 - World Cup, Delhi
2011 - Pan American Games, Guadalajara, Mexico

Education

Rob graduated from UVIC with a Bachelor's Degree in Geography. He has also since residing in Europe achieved a diploma at BCIT in Web Technologies. Rob looks forward to coaching hockey both Internationally and at the club level in the future and to progress in that career in 2011 he completed a Masters in International Coaching at the Johan Cruyff Institute in Sport at Amsterdam.