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 () 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.
Short played his first international senior tournament in 1995, at the Pan American Games in March del Plata. Short now plays club hockey at the highest level in the Netherlands since 1999. 3 years with The Human Context Rotterdam, 2 years at Laren and is currently playing his 9th year with HGC. Rob currently splits time between Amsterdam and his family in Tsawwassen, British Columbia.
International Senior Competitions 1995 – Pan American Games, March del Plata (2nd) 1996 – Olympic Qualifier, Barcelona (6th) 1996 – World Cup Preliminary, Sardinia (2nd) 1997 – World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur (5th) 1998 – World Cup, Utrecht (8th) 1998 – Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur (not ranked) 1999 – Pan American Games, Winnipeg (1st) 2000 – Americas Cup, Cuba (2nd) 2000 – Olympic Games, Sydney (10th) 2001 – World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh (8th) 2002 – Commonwealth Games, Manchester (6th) 2003 – Pan American Games, Santo Domingo (2nd) 2004 – Olympic Qualifier, Madrid (11th) 2004 – Pan Am Cup, London (2nd) 2006 – Commonwealth Games, Melbourne (9th) 2006 – World Cup Qualifier, Changzou City (10th) 2007 – Pan American Games, Rio (1st) 2008 – Olympic Games, Beijing (10th) 2009 — Pan American Cup, Santiago (1st) 2010 – Commonwealth Games, India (7th) 2010 – World Cup, Delhi (11th) 2011 – Pan American Games, Guadalajara, Mexico (2nd).
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. Last year with HGC, Rob won the EHL (Euro Hockey League) and took home the Most Valuable Player of the European competition and with it 5000 Euro. He has also since residing in Europe achieved a diploma at BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology) in Web Technologies.
