Amy Lawton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amy Rose Lawton | ||
| Born |
19 January 2002 Worthing, United Kingdom | ||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2019–2023 | HC Melbourne | ||
| 2024– | Hurley | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Australia U–18 | 15 | (34) |
| 2018–2023 | Australia U–21 | 9 | (2) |
| 2019– | Australia | 79 | (4) |
Medal record | |||
Amy Rose Lawton (born 19 January 2002)[1] is an Australian field hockey player.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Amy Lawton was born in Worthing, England before relocating to Emerald, Victoria at the age of 7 with her parents and younger sister.[3]
She began playing hockey at nine years of age for her local club Casey, before moving to Cheltenham-based Southern United Hockey Club two years later.[4] As well as hockey, Lawton also plays soccer and competes in triathlons, and has made representative teams for Victoria in all three sports.[5][6]
Lawton is a current scholarship holder at the Victorian Institute of Sport.[7]
Career
[edit]Junior national teams
[edit]Under 18
[edit]In 2018, Lawton made her debut for the Australian Under 18 team at the Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifier in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The team won gold, qualifying for 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[8]
At the Youth Olympic Games, Lawton again represented the Under 18 side. At the tournament, the team finished fifth.[9]
Under 21
[edit]Following her debut for the Under 18 side Lawton debuted for the Jillaroos, the Australian Under 21 side, in November of the same year. She scored a double in her first game for the team during a three match test series against New Zealand in Hastings, New Zealand.[10]
Senior national team
[edit]In 2019, Lawton was selected to make her debut for the Hockeyroos during the FIH Pro League. She made her official debut on 25 April 2019 against New Zealand, where the team came away with a 5–1 win.[11] Following her debut in the Pro League, Lawton was called into the team for the 2019 Olympic Test Event[12] held in Tokyo, Japan, where the Australia finished third. At the tournament she scored her first international goal.[13] On 27 August 2019, Lawton was named in the squad for the third time to represent the team at her first Oceania Cup.[14]
Following her breakout year in 2019, Lawton was named in the Hockeyroos Squad for 2020, officially raising her from the National Development Squad.[15] Lawton represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[16][17]
International goals
[edit]Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 August 2019 | Oi Hockey Stadium, Tokyo, Japan |  Japan |
1–2 | 2–2 | 2019 Olympic Test Event | [18] |
| 2 | 5 September 2019 | Kalka Shades Hockey Fields, Rockhampton, Australia |  New Zealand |
1–3 | 1–3 | 2019 Oceania Cup | [19] |
| 3 | 25 October 2019 | Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia |  Russia |
2–0 | 4–2 | 2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers | [20] |
Recognition
[edit]AIS Awards
[edit]Following her 2019 debut for the Hockeyroos, Lawton was presented with the Emerging Athlete of the Year award at the Australian Institute of Sport Awards night.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – Australia". FIH. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Debutante & Returning Star Added For Hockeyroos". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Debutante & Returning Star Added For Hockeyroos". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ https://suhc.com.au/ [bare URL]
- ^ "Amy in Hockeyroos". Southern United Hockey Club. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "LAWTON Amy". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "AMY LAWTON". VIS. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "LAWTON Amy". FIH. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "ARGENTINA AND MALAYSIA WIN GOLD IN 'HOCKEY OF THE FUTURE'". IOC. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Australia Beaten in Tight Under-21 Trans-Tasman Series". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "New Zealand 1–5 Australia". FIH. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Test Events". Tokyo2020. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Post match reaction after win over China". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Hockeyroos team announced for crucial Olympic qualifiers". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "2020 squad announced for evolving Hockeyroos". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Our local Olympic heroes". 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Australia 2–2 Japan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Australia 1–3 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Australia 4–2 Russia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "Hockeyroo Amy Lawton named Emerging Athlete of the Year". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
External links
[edit]- Amy Lawton at the International Hockey Federation
- Amy Lawton at Olympics.com
- Amy Lawton at Olympedia
- Amy Lawton at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Amy Lawton at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Amy Lawton at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Amy Lawton at Hockey.org.au (also at HockeyAustralia.altiusrt.com)
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- Australian female field hockey players
- People from Cardinia
- Field hockey players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Australia
- Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century Australian women
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Sportspeople from Worthing
- English emigrants to Australia
- Field hockey players from Melbourne
- Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games