Elise Norwood
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| Birth name | Elise Simone Norwood | ||||||||||||||
| Full name | Elise Simone Ashton | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 June 1981 (age 42) Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||
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Chris Ashton (m. 2005) | ||||||||||||||
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Elise Simone Ashton (née Norwood, born 18 June 1981 in Sydney) is an Australian former water polo player. She was captain of the Australia women's national water polo team. She is a right-handed utility and played her 100th international game on 20 August 2005 against the Netherlands during the FINA World League Final series in Kirishi, Russia.
Elise is the fifth of the six daughters of Pam and Russell Norwood.[citation needed] Her other sisters are all accomplished in their own fields, including veterinary practices, school teaching, medical practices, and community service.[citation needed]
Elise Ashton has played for Sydney University teams since she was 13 years old, but is now retired, and is currently enjoying working and surfing in Australia. She was a member of national and New South Wales junior teams before being selected for the senior team in 2001. Her achievements include a gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Championships, Manchester, England and 4th place at the 2004 Olympic Games, Athens, Greece.[1] She was married in 2005 to Chris Ashton.
Since then, Mr and Mrs Ashton have become the parents of two children, Annabel and Tom [citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elise Norwood". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links[edit]
- Elise Norwood at Olympics.com
- Elise Norwood at Olympedia
- Elise Ashton at the Australian Olympic Committee
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