Olivia Downes
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Olivia Ellena Downes | ||||||||||
| Born |
18 December 2000 Melbourne, Victoria | ||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||
| 2022– | HC Melbourne | ||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||
| 2023– | Australia | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Olivia Ellena Downes (born 18 December 2000)[1] is a field hockey player from Australia, who plays as a forward.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Olivia Downes was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and grew up in Brighton.[2]
Career
[edit]Domestic leagues
[edit]Downes is a member of the Essendon Hockey Club in Melbourne's Premier League competition.[3]
In Hockey Australia's national league, the Sultana Bran Hockey One League, Downes represents HC Melbourne.[4][5][6]
Hockeyroos
[edit]Following a successful national league season, Downes was named in the national development squad for 2023.[7] In May, she was named to make her senior international debut in a test series against India in Adelaide.[8][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – Australia". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ a b c "Updated Hockeyroos and Australia A teams named for India matches". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "2022 Hockey Victoria Awards Night recap". hockeyvictoria.org.au. Hockey Victoria. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "DOWNES Olivia". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Olivia Downes". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Hockey One: Comm Games gold medallist Josh Simmonds preps for relaunched national competition with Hockey Club Melbourne". news.com.au. news. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Women's 2023 National Development Squad announced". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Time for Hockeyroos aspirants to step up: Powell". thewest.com.au. The West Australian. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- Olivia Downes at the International Hockey Federation
- Olivia Downes at Hockey.org.au (also at HockeyAustralia.altiusrt.com)
- Hockey Australia
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