Meg Pearce
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Camp Hill, Queensland | 1 July 1994|||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defense | |||||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2013–2018 | Victorian Vipers | 36 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Brisbane Blaze | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2014 | Australia U–21 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Australia | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Meg Pearce (born 1 July 1994)[1] is an Australian field hockey player, who plays as a defender.[2]
Personal life[]
Meg Pearce was born in Camp Hill, Queensland.[2] She later moved to and grew up Victoria.[3]
She is a scholarship holder at the Victorian Institute of Sport,[4] as well as a member of Hockey Queensland's High Performance Squad.[5]
Career[]
Domestic league[]
From 2013 to 2018, Pearce was a member of the Victorian Vipers in the Australian Hockey League (AHL).[6][3]
Following an overhaul of the AHL in 2019, Hockey Australia introduced a new premier domestic league, the Sultana Bran Hockey One. Pearce was named in Brisbane Blaze team for the inaugural season of the competition.[7]
International[]
Under–21[]
Pearce made her debut for the Australia U–21 team in 2013 at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney.[8] At the tournament, she won a gold medal.[9]
Hockeyroos[]
In 2020, Pearce was named in the Hockeyroos squad for the first time.[4][10]
She made her official debut for the team in 2021, during a test series against New Zealand in Palmerston North.[8][11]
References[]
- ^ "Team Details – Australia". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Meg Pearce". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Don Vincent Award – Meg Pearce". doncasterhockeyclub.com.au. Doncaster Hockey Club. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ a b "EIGHT VIS ATHLETES SELECTED IN AUSTRALIAN HOCKEY SQUADS FOR 2021". vis.org.au. Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "HIGH PERFORMANCE SQUAD – WOMEN". hockeyqld.com.au. Hockey Queensland. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "PEARCE Meg". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Meg PEARCE". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ a b "PEARCE Meg". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Aussie girls win golden thriller". olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "South Coast duo headline exciting Hockeyroos squad for crucial 2021 season". southcoastregister.com.au. . Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Encouraging signs as Hockeyroos open Trans-Tasman Series with draw". onthegosports.com.au. . Retrieved 2 June 2021.
External links[]
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Australian female field hockey players
- Female field hockey forwards
- Sportswomen from Queensland
- Field hockey people from Queensland
- Australian field hockey biography stubs