Lachlan Sharp

Fast Facts

Sport: Hockey
Event: Men's
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020 (Silver)
Year Born: 1997
State Born: NSW

About Lachlan

Hailing from Lithgow in NSW, Lachlan Sharp grew up playing hockey at his local club. When he was 13 years old, he joined the Ryde hockey club and made the commute three times a week to attend training with his dad. 

In 2016, Lachlan was selected to play in the U21 team 'The Burras" and competed at the Hockey Junior World Cup in India, where the Australian team finished in fourth place. 

A year later, Lachlan made his senior international debut with the Kookaburras at the World League Final and brought home a gold medal. 

Shortly after, the attacker scored the winning goal in the final of the 2018 Azlan Shah Cup helping the team achieve another gold medal finish. 

In 2018 aged 24, he made first Commonwealth Games team claiming yet another gold medal on home soil, and later that year won the 2018 Champions Trophy in The Netherlands. 

Lachlan's streak of success continued into 2019 with the Kookaburras winning the FIH Pro League and then with the NSW Pride as they claimed victory in the Hockey One tournament. 

Sharp made his Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 as part of the Australian team that travelled to the games. Sharp would score his debut Olympic goal in the Kookaburra’s group stage tie and later find his second in their semi-final tie against Germany, where they won 3-1. Despite falling short to Belgium in the Gold Medal final, Lachlan would receive his first Olympic medal (Silver) in his debut at the games, a commendable achievement.