Burnie's David Guest claimed the Coast's first medal for these games when he shared in the Kookaburras' 6-2 victory over The Netherlands in their bronze medal play-off on Saturday night.

Meanwhile, Evandale basketballer Hollie Grima was part of the Australian Opals silver medal team which went down to the US in the gold medal match early Sunday morning (our time).

Along with Guest, Hobart's Eddie Ockenden and Matthew Wells also played in the hockey bronze medal victory, with Wells adding to the gold he won at Athens in 2004 in the last international of his career.

The men's hockey trio gave Tasmania five medallists in total, along with Grima and Hobart double sculls rowing gold medallist Scott Brennan.

It equalled the State's total count from Athens, although the mix was slightly better in 2004 with one gold, two silver and two bronze.

Tasmanian Institute of Sport (TIS) director Paul Austen said Tasmanian athletes had performed exceptionally well in Beijing.

"Of our total contingent of 15, we had nine getting themselves into medal contention, either in semi- finals or finals," Austen said.

"We should be very proud of our Tasmanian athletes who have achieved some remarkable results on the biggest sporting stage in the world ," he said.