title: James Elmer
text: James "Jimmy" Andrew Elmer (born 8 May 1971 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
  
  He was nicknamed Jimmy by his teammates. Elmer made his senior debut for The Kookaburras in 1993. He played in every Champions Trophy since 1991, but always missed "the big ones", until the Sydney Games. There he finished his career after 102 international matches, in which he scored 30 goals.
   
  James is currently captain for Doncaster in the Victorian Masters League A grade division. His team suffered a 5–4 loss to the Hawthorn Hockey Club in the 2012 grand final following extra time in a penalty goal shoot-out. James took the 4th of 5 penalties for his team, which was saved by the Hawthorn keeper Corey Blake.
  
  References
  
   Profile on Hockey Australia
  
  External links
  
  1986 births
  Australian male field hockey players
  Olympic field hockey players for Australia
  Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
  Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Field hockey players from Melbourne
  Living people
  Olympic medalists in field hockey
  Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
  Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
  Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
  Sportspeople from Melbourne
  21st-century Australian people
  Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
  Sportsmen from Victoria (state)