Madonna Blyth
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Brisbane,Queensland | 30 November 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft4+1⁄2in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Queensland Scorchers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2004–2016 | Australia | 342 | (70) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Madonna Blyth(born 30 November 1985) is an Australianfield hockeyplayer who competed in the2008,2012 Summer Olympicsand2016 Summer Olympics.[1]She also plays for and captains theQueensland Scorchersin theAustralian Hockey League.[2]Blyth has been the Captain of the Hockeyroos since 2009. Her debut game for Australia was in Argentina, as an 18-year-old at the 2004 Champions Trophy. She started playing hockey when she was 5, and joined the representative scene at 15, winning gold with her team at the 2001 Australian Youth Olympic Festival.[3]
She was nominated for the FIH's player of the year in 2013, and has been named on the FIH All-Stars team in 2007, 2009 and 2010, as well as being named Player of the Tournament at the2009 Champions Trophy.[4]
She played her 250th game for Australia in June 2013, and is only the fifth Australian woman to reach this number.[4]
At the2014 Commonwealth Games,she captained Australia to victory and scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout against England.[5]
After playing since she was 5, Madonna has now retired from hockey and is quickly making a name for herself in the Western Australian cricket scene. After a strong start she was quickly promoted into the star studded A grade side alongside Emma King, Heather Graham, Megan Banting and Nicole Bolton. She is a specialist fielder for the Subiaco Floreat Cricket Club women's A grade side.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Madonna Blyth".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2020.Retrieved25 May2012.
- ^"Hockey Australia: Altiusrt".
- ^"Blyth leading Hockeyroos into battle for World Cup spot".19 June 2013.
- ^ab"Glasgow 2014 - Madonna Blyth Profile".g2014results.thecgf.com.Retrieved12 January2016.
- ^"Glasgow 2014 - Women's Gold Medal Match".g2014results.thecgf.com.Retrieved12 January2016.
External links
[edit]- Madonna Blythat theInternational Hockey Federation
- Madonna BlythatOlympics.com
- Madonna BlythatOlympedia
- Madonna Blythat theAustralian Olympic Committee
- Madonna Blythat theCommonwealth Games Federation(archived)
- Madonna Blythat theCommonwealth Games Federation(archived)
- Madonna Blythat theDelhi 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Madonna BlythatCommonwealth Games Australia
- Madonna BlythatHockeyAustralia.altiusrt.com
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Australian female field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Australia
- Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey people from Queensland
- Sportswomen from Queensland
- Australian field hockey biography stubs