Karri McMahon
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Born |
Townsville, Queensland[1] | 27 February 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | SA Suns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012– | Australia | 139 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karri McMahon (born 27 February 1992) is an Australian field hockey player for the Hockeyroos who plays as a defender.[2]
McMahon was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team that were defeated by the Netherlands women's national field hockey team in the final of the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup, a Gold Medal winner at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and member of the team that went to the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]
Personal
McMahon was born on 27 February 1992 in Townsville, Queensland.[1] She grew up in Brisbane[4] before moving to Berri, South Australia during her school years.[1] She began playing hockey at the age of 6.[2] She attended Patricks Road Primary School[5] in Queensland and Glossop High School in South Australia.[1]
Outside of hockey, she plans to become a paramedic. She is currently studying a bachelor of Paramedic Studies at Flinders University.[1][2] She is currently based in Wilson, Western Australia.[1]
Field hockey
Club
Karri played club hockey for Berri Hockey Club in the Riverland before moving to Adelaide to play for the Adelaide Peas.
State
In 2011, McMahon was a member of the Australian Hockey League team the Southern Suns that won the national championship.[6]
In 2013, she was named the best player in the Australian Hockey League.[1][7] In 2015, McMahon suffered a number of on-field injuries including a double fracture to her jaw, a ball to the head which required stitches and a stress fracture in her foot.[1][2]
International
She made her debut for Australia in September 2012 against South Africa at the age of 20.[2][4] She was co-captain[4] at the 2013 Junior World Cup where Australia finished sixth.[2]
McMahon was a member of the Australia team that were defeated by the Netherlands in the final of the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup.[8] She was a part of the gold medal winning squad at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[7] McMahon played as a midfielder in this tournament for the first time in her career.[9] She also earned a silver medal in the 2014 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy in Mendoza, Argentina.[2] She was selected in Australia's squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3][10]
She has played in the following tournaments:
- 2012 Champions Challenge in Dublin: 1st.
- 2013 Junior World Cup in Mönchengladbach: 6th.
- 2013 World League Semi-Final in London: 1st.
- 2013 World League Final in San Miguel de Tucumán: 2nd.
- 2014 World Cup in The Hague: 2nd.
- 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow: 1st.
- 2014 Champions Trophy in Mendoza: 2nd.
- 2015 World League Semi-Final in Antwerp: 3rd.
- 2015 Oceania Cup in Stratford: 1st.
- 2015 World League Final in Rosario: 6th.
- 2016 Champions Trophy in London: 4th.[2][11]
- 2016 Summer Olympics Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - quarter finals[12][13][11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Karri McMahon (AUS Team, Rio 2016)". rio2016.olympics. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Hockeyroos athlete profiles - Karri McMahon". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Hockey SA About Us - South Australian Olympians". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ a b c "Adelaide-hailing Hockeyroo sets goal for World Cup". The University of South Australia Presents On The Record. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Silver Medal For Karri-Roo". The Westerner. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Hockey SA - SA Suns Profile". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Glasgow 2014 - Karri McMahon Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "Player detail - Hockey World Cup 2014 - Karri McMahon". Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Gold highlight of Karri's career". The Murray Pioneer. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Anna Flanagan misses out on Hockeyroos Olympic squad, as Australia takes 12 debutants to Rio". ABC. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ a b "South Australians Karri McMahon, Georgie Parker and Jane-Anne Claxton to debut at Olympic Games in Rio". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Olympic Profiles - Jane-Anne Claxton". Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ "Hockeyroos Squad Profile - Jane Claxton". Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- Living people
- 1992 births
- Australian female field hockey players
- Sportswomen from South Australia
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic field hockey players of Australia
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Female field hockey defenders
- Sportspeople from Townsville