Amy Turner (rugby, born March 1984)

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Amy Turner
Date of birth (1984-03-25) 25 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birthTokoroa, New Zealand
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Sunnybank ()
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team

Amy Turner OAM (born 25 March 1984) is a semi-professional Australian rugby union player. She represents Australia in Sevens Rugby. Born in Tokoroa, New Zealand and playing for Sunnybank at club level, she debuted for Australia in February 2013. As of December 2015, she had 11 caps. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Turner represented both the New Zealand Maori Sevens and the New Zealand Touch Football teams, before moving to Australia. Playing as a utility, Turner earned her first call up to the Australian Women's Sevens for the Houston leg of the 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series. Turner was a member of the squad that won the Dubai and São Paulo legs in the 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series. She also played a pivotal role as Australia won the London leg of the World Series in May 2015. Turner also scored a try in the 2014 World Cup. Representative honours include NZ Maori Sevens and Queensland.[7] She was a member of Australia's team at the 2016 Olympics, defeating New Zealand in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport.[8]

Turner is of Māori descent, and affiliates to the Tainui iwi (tribe).[9]

References

  1. ^ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Rio Olympics: Australia's men's and women's sevens squads unveiled". foxsports.com.au. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games". ABC.net.au. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Australia's Olympic Sevens squads announced". Rugby News.net.au. 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Australia name a mix of veterans, young guns for men's, women's Olympic sevens squads". ESPN.com.au. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Key players return as Australia name Olympic sevens squads". worldrugby.org. 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Player Profile". Rugby.com.au. 25 March 1984. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens". Sky News. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  9. ^ "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Television New Zealand. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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