Timothy Brand

Fast Facts

Sport: Hockey
Event: Men's
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020 (Silver)
Year Born: 1998
State Born: Gouda, The Netherlands

About Tim

Born in The Netherlands, Tim Brand moved to Sydney at the age of three and grew up playing hockey as a member of the Ryde-Hunters Hill hockey club. 

After a successful 2015, crediting Ryde-Hunters Hill’s 2015 triumph as a career highlight, Tim received the call-up to join the national development squad in 2017. 

A year later, mid-way through a family holiday in Europe, Tim was selected to join the National Senior Squad. 

Cutting his trip short, Tim linked up with the Kookaburras in early 2018 to begin training with the squad. Shortly after, he made his senior international debut in a test series against Germany. 

Tim was then selected to compete at the 2018 Champions Trophy, where the team defeated India in a penalty shoot-out to claim gold. He rounded out a successful 2018 with a bronze medal at the World Cup held in India. 

In 2020, the talented forward scored against Great Britain in the FIH Pro League and in early 2021 he was back in the Kookaburras line-up for the Trans-Tasman Series where the team walked away with a 5-1 victory over New Zealand. 

Tim made his Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, scoring Australia's first goal of the campaign in their 5-3 victory over Japan. He would continue his form with goals against; India, New Zealand, Germany and the Netherlands. Despite falling just short in the Gold Medal final, Brand ended the tournament with 5 goals to his name and an Olympic Silver Medal, in his debut at the games.