Brooke Peris
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Born |
Darwin, Northern Territory | 16 January 1993||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | NT Pearls | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
2013– | Australia | 164 | (26) |
Brooke Peris (born 16 January 1993) is an Australian field hockey player. She is a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team.[1] Peris was awarded the title of "Northern Territory Sportsperson of the Year" in 2014.[2] She is the first cousin of former national field hockey player and former Australian senator Nova Peris. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[3][1][4]
References
- ^ a b "Hockeyroos athlete profiles – Brooke Peris". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Brooke Peris named Northern Territory Sportsperson of the Year". Northern Territory News. News Corp Australia. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Brooke Peris". Australian Olympic Committee website. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Athletes – AIS Hockey – Brooke Peris". Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 25 July 2014.[permanent dead link ]
External links
- Brooke Peris at the International Hockey Federation
- Brooke Peris at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- Living people
- 1993 births
- Sportspeople from Darwin, Northern Territory
- Australian female field hockey players
- Sportswomen from the Northern Territory
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Indigenous Australian Olympians
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players of Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Female field hockey forwards