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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 nicknamed 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 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]}

Commens became coach of the 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, Shelly Liddelow and Amy Korner.^[1]

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 Hockeyroos during celebrations after attending the hockey finals at the Olympics.^[2]

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]}

References

External links

• Adam Commens at the International Hockey Federation
• Adam Commens at Olympics.com
• Adam Commens at Olympedia
• Adam Commens at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Adam Commens at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Adam Commens at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Profile on Hockey Australia