Peta Edebone
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Australia
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| Women's Softball | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1996 Atlanta | Team |
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2000 Sydney | Team |
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2004 Athens | Team |
Peta Louise Edebone OAM (born 9 February 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a softball player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was captain of the 2004 squad.
After having knee surgery after Athens, she retired from competitive softball.[1] In Sydney, she hit 4 home runs, which tied the current record. The record was broken at the 2004 Summer Olympics by Crystl Bustos.[2]
Edebone is to participate in the annual Victorian Women's Football League Metro vs Country match as a curtain-raiser to Collingwood Football Club vs Carlton Football Club in Round 7 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 12 May 2007.
References
[edit]- ^ "Peta Edebone retires from softball". 15 February 2005. Archived from the original on 17 December 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2006.
- ^ "U.S. advances to gold medal game with 5–0 win over Australia". Amateur Softball Association. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 25 October 2006.
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