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{{short description|Canadian field hockey player}}
{{blp sources|date=August 2021}}
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{{MedalGold| [[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]] | [[Hockey at the 1999 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Hockey at the 2007 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]] | [[Hockey at the 1995 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | [[Hockey at the 2003 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2011 Pan American Games|2011 Mexico]] | [[Hockey at the 2011 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
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'''Rob''' ("'''Shorty'''") '''Short''' (born August 11, 1972 in [[Maidstone]], [[England]]) 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,<ref name="TC">{{cite news |last1=Dheensaw |first1=Cleve |title=Victoria Sports Hall of Fame has new members |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/sports/victoria-sports-hall-of-fame-has-new-members-1.23989296 |access-date=20 August 2021 |work=Times Colonist |date=26 October 2019}}</ref> where the team finished 10th. A recent win (over Argentina in strokes) 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.<ref name="TC" />

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 (field hockey)|HGC]].  Last year{{when?|date=August 2021}} with HGC, he won the EHL ([[Euro Hockey League]]) 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 &ndash; [[Pan American Games]], Mar del Plata (2nd)
* 1996 &ndash; [[1996 Men's Hockey Olympic Qualifier|Olympic Qualifier]], Barcelona (6th)
* 1996 &ndash; World Cup Preliminary, Sardinia (2nd)
* 1997 &ndash; [[1997 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier|World Cup Qualifier]], Kuala Lumpur (5th)
* 1998 &ndash; [[1998 Men's Hockey World Cup|World Cup]], Utrecht (8th)
* 1998 &ndash; [[1998 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]], Kuala Lumpur (not ranked)
* 1999 &ndash; [[Hockey at the 1999 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]], Winnipeg (1st)
* 2000 &ndash; Americas Cup, Cuba (2nd)
* 2000 &ndash; [[2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], Sydney (10th)
* 2001 &ndash; [[2001 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier|World Cup Qualifier]], Edinburgh (8th)
* 2002 &ndash; [[2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]], Manchester (6th)
* 2003 &ndash; [[2003 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]], Santo Domingo (2nd)
* 2004 &ndash; [[2004 Men's Hockey Olympic Qualifier|Olympic Qualifier]], Madrid (11th)
* 2004 &ndash; Pan Am Cup, London (2nd)
* 2006 &ndash; [[2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]], Melbourne (9th)
* 2006 &ndash; [[2006 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier|World Cup Qualifier]], Changzou City (10th)
* 2007 &ndash; [[2007 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]], Rio (1st)
* 2008 &ndash; [[2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], Beijing (10th)
* 2009 &mdash; [[2009 Men's Pan American Cup|Pan American Cup]], Santiago (1st)
* 2010 &ndash; [[2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]], India (7th)
* 2010 &ndash; [[2010 Men's Hockey World Cup|World Cup]], Delhi (11th)
* 2011 &ndash; [[2011 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]], Guadalajara, Mexico (2nd)

== Education ==

Rob graduated from UVIC ([[University of Victoria]]) with a Bachelor's Degree in Geography.  He has also since residing in Europe achieved a diploma at BCIT ([[British Columbia Institute of Technology]]) 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.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070503144028/http://www.fieldhockey.ca/e/nationalteams/men/bios/r_short.htm Profile on Fieldhockey Canada]

{{Canada FH Squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}
{{Canada FH Squad 2008 Summer Olympics}}
{{Canada FH Squad 2010 World Cup}}
{{Canada FHW Squad 2022 World Cup}}
{{Canada FHW Squad 2022 Commonwealth Games}}
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