Meg Pearce
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| Born | 1 July 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defense, midfield | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Victorian Vipers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Brisbane Blaze | ||||||||||||||||
| 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] and midfielder.[3]
Personal life
Meg Pearce grew up in Melbourne, Victoria. Her father participates in Ironman events, and her mother runs in marathons. Following after her father and sister, both hockey players, she started playing hockey when six years old, at the Doncaster Hockey Club, in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. After finishing secondary school, she studied arts at university, and began working as a personal trainer, before completing a double degree in commerce and nutrition. She played on the Under-21 Victorian state team in 2014 and 2015, and played with the Victorian Vipers, before moving to Brisbane. She joined Brisbane Blaze for the 2019 season.[4][5][3][6] She later relocated to Perth, working in marketing for a financial services firm.[6]
She is a scholarship holder at the Victorian Institute of Sport,[7] as well as a member of Hockey Queensland's High Performance Squad.[8]
Career
Domestic league
From 2013 to 2018, Pearce was a member of the Victorian Vipers in the Australian Hockey League (AHL).[9][4]
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.[5]
International
Under–21
Pearce made her debut for the Australia U–21 team in 2013 at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney.[10] At the tournament, she won a gold medal.[11]
Hockeyroos
In 2020, Pearce was named in the Hockeyroos squad for the first time.[7][12]
She made her official debut for the team in 2021, during a test series against New Zealand in Palmerston North.[10][13]
References
- ^ "Team Details – Australia". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Meg Pearce". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Hockey Gold One on One with Meg Pearce - Part 1". YouTube. Hockey Australia. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Don Vincent Award – Meg Pearce". doncasterhockeyclub.com.au. Doncaster Hockey Club. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Meg PEARCE". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Hockey Gold One on One with Meg Pearce - Part 2". YouTube. Hockey Australia. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. South Coast Register. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Encouraging signs as Hockeyroos open Trans-Tasman Series with draw". onthegosports.com.au. On the Go Sports. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
External links
- Meg Pearce at the International Hockey Federation
- Meg Pearce at Hockey.org.au (also at HockeyAustralia.altiusrt.com)
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