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{{short description|Australian field hockey player}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=March 2012}}
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{{Medal|Sport | Men's [[field hockey]] }}
{{Medal|Country | {{AUS}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Field hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]] }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Hockey World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2002 Men's Hockey World Cup|2002 Kuala Lumpur]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Hockey Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1999 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|1999 Brisbane]] | Team}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2001 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2001 Rotterdam]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|2003 Amstelveen]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1998 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|1998 Lahore]]|Team}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Hockey at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]]|[[Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
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'''Adam David Commens''' (born 6 May 1976) is an Australian [[field hockey]] coach and former player.  He was born in [[Wagga Wagga, New South Wales]].

Commens was [[nickname]]d ''Billy'' by his teammates, and earned 143 caps (20 goals) for Australia. He was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]].

Commens was named head coach of the [[Belgium men's national field hockey team|Belgium national field hockey team]] on 4 July 2007. He was coach and a key player of the Royal Antwerp Hockey Club (RAHC). His assistant was [[Murray Richards]].{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Commens became coach of the [[Australia women's national field hockey team|Australia women's team]] at the start of 2011. When he took over as coach, he dropped five experienced players from the national squad: [[Kate Hollywood]], [[Fiona Johnson]], [[Alison Bruce (field hockey)|Alison Bruce]], [[Shelly Liddelow]] and [[Amy Korner]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Australian Associated Press|title=Kate Hollywood axed from Hockeyroos squad|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/kate-hollywood-axed-from-hockeyroos-squad/story-e6frfglf-1225993775002|access-date=27 January 2011|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=24 January 2011}}</ref>

Commens was stood down as coach after allegedly exposing himself to players at the [[2016 Olympics]]. It is alleged he exposed himself and made lewd remarks to a group of [[Australia women's national field hockey team|Hockeyroos]] during celebrations after attending the hockey finals at the Olympics.<ref>{{cite news |author= |agency= |title=Hockeyroos coach stood down after allegedly exposing himself to players at Rio 2016 Olympics |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-23/hockeyroos-coach-stood-down-for-allegedly-exposing-himself/7873588 |quote= |newspaper=[[ABC News (Australia)]] |date=2016-09-23 |access-date=2024-04-12 }}</ref>

Since the Rio Olympic Games, Commens has been appointed as the High Performance Director of the Belgian Hockey Federation and won Belgium's first ever World Cup in 2018.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}

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==External links==
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* {{Commonwealth Games Australia|adam-commens}}
* [https://archive.today/20010426021700/http://www.hockey.org.au/natteams/player_details.asp?PlayerID=152 Profile on Hockey Australia]

{{Australia FH Squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}
{{Australia FH Squad 2002 World Cup}}
{{Belgium FH Squad 2008 Summer Olympics}}
{{Australia FHW Squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
{{Australia FHW Squad 2016 Summer Olympics}}

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