28/07/2016 Madonna Blyth | AUS Team | Rio 2016 O籎cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Madonna Blyth Athlete Biography Madonna Blyth burst onto the hockey scene when she was 15, winning gold at the 2001 Australian Youth Olympic Festival. The Queenslander debuted with the Hockeyroos in 2004, won a gold medal with the squad at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and made her Olympic debut at the 2008 Beijing Games, where Australia placed ๯fth. The Hockeyroos’ captain since 2009, Blyth overtook Nikki Hudson’s all-time record of 303 appearances for the team at the 2015 World League Semi Finals in Belgium. Blyth is now known as Australia’s most capped female hockey player, approaching 350 caps. The mid๯elder captained the squad at her second Olympics in London. Having only lost one game (by one goal) and only conceding two goals for the entire tournament (both from penalty corners), the Hockeyroos missed out on the medal rounds on a goal dierence of one goal and ๯nished in ๯fth. The three-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist has been a permanent ๯xture in the side for over a decade. Having also competed at three World Cups, it is only ๯tting for the skipper to contend her third Olympics in Rio. Rated as one of the best players of her generation, the Brisbane-born athlete has been named in the World All Stars team on three occasions (2007, 2009 and 2010) and was crowned the Hockeyroos Player of the Year in 2013. All copy on this page is copyright © Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Hockey http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/madonna-blyth1 1/2 28/07/2016 Madonna Blyth | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Fast Facts Sport Hockey Status Selected Event/s Hockey Women Height 165 Weight 60 Age 30 Born Brisbane, QLD, Australia Lives Perth, WA, Australia Olympic Information 2008 Beijing – 5th (hockey) 2012 London – 5th (hockey) Recent Performances 2nd - 2016 International Hockey Tournament (Darwin, Australia) 4th – 2016 Champions Trophy (London, England) 6th – 2015 World League Final (Rosario, Argentina) 1st – 2015 Oceania Cup (Stratford, New Zealand) 3rd – 2015 World League Semi-Final (Antwerp, Belgium) http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/madonna-blyth1 2/2 28/07/2016 Edwina Claire Bone | AUS Team | Rio 2016 O籎cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Edwina Claire Bone Athlete Biography Edwina ‘Eddie’ Bone played her 100th game for the Australian hockey team in March 2016. Five months later she will make her Olympic debut in Rio as a defender for the Hockeyroos. Born in Orange, in Central West NSW, Bone spent two years in Hockey Australia’s women’s development program in Canberra. She progressed through the junior ranks with the Canberra Strikers alongside fellow Hockeyroo Anna Flanagan, before she broke through to the senior squad when she moved to Perth in 2013. In her international debut year, she won gold at the 2013 Oceania Cup in New Zealand and silver at the 2013 World League Finals in Argentina. The defender established herself as a regular in the team after winning gold at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, and silver at the World Cup in the Netherlands and Champions Trophy in Argentina. Bone completed a Bachelor of Sports Management from the University of Canberra in 2009. Her twin sister, Meredith is also a UC student, playing hockey for the Canberra national side and hoping to follow in her sister’s sporting footsteps. All copy on this page is copyright © Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Hockey Fast Facts http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/edwina-claire-bone 1/3 28/07/2016 Edwina Claire Bone | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Sport Hockey Status Selected Event/s Hockey Women Nickname Eddie Height 170 Weight 70 Age 28 Born Orange, NSW, Australia Lives Perth, WA, Australia Olympic Information Rio 2016 will be Olympic debut Recent Performances 2nd - 2016 International Hockey Tournament (Darwin, Australia) 4th – 2016 Champions Trophy (London, England) 6th – 2015 World League Final (Rosario, Argentina) 1st – 2015 Oceania Cup (Stratford, New Zealand) 3rd – 2015 World League Semi-Final (Antwerp, Belgium Education Primary Orange Public School (NSW, Australia) Secondary Kinross Wolaroi School (NSW, Australia) Tertiary Bachelor of Sports Management - University of Canberra (2007-2009) Training Coach Adam Commens Primary Training Base Canberra, Australia Secondary Training Base Perth, Australia Q&A Favourite food Spaghetti bolognese Favourite holiday destination Greek Islands Favourite music Hip-hop http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/edwina-claire-bone 2/3 28/07/2016 Edwina Claire Bone | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Dream car Audi TT Personal Motto Never let defeat rob you of success. Act as if it were impossible to fail. Star Sign Taurus I would spend my last $10 on Lollies Tattoos/Piercings Belly button piercing and multiple ear piercings If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Water polo http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/edwina-claire-bone 3/3 28/07/2016 Jane-Anne Claxton | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Ocial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Jane-Anne Claxton Athlete Biography After bursting onto the national hockey scene in 2013, Jane-Anne ‘Jane’ Claxton will make her Olympic debut in Rio in the mideld for the Hockeyroos. Claxton won gold at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival with a 2-1 victory over China. The same year she was crowned the South Australian Sports Institute Junior Female Athlete of the Year. She secured herself as a regular in the Hockeyroos in 2013 when she helped win gold at the Oceania Cup and the World League Semi-Final, as well as silver in with World League Final. In 2014 she helped Australia claim gold at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and silver at the Netherlands World Cup. 2015 was a huge year for the midelder, being selected in all the major international tournaments. She also bought a house in Perth with her partner and Australian canoeist Todd Brewer, and welcomed ‘Hugo’ the sausage dog into her family – who even has his own Instagram account. The Adelaide-born athlete credits her father Bob, current secretary of the Oceania Hockey Federation, and her brother for her entry into hockey. At the age of six she began playing in a mixed gender competition, and although the rough and tumble of playing with the boys nearly put her o, she has never looked back. All copy on this page is copyright © Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Hockey http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/jane-anne-claxton 1/3 28/07/2016 Jane-Anne Claxton | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Fast Facts Sport Hockey Status Selected Event/s Hockey Women Nickname Jane Height 169 Weight 60 Age 23 Born Adelaide, SA, Australia Lives Carlisle, WA, Australia Olympic Information Rio 2016 will be Olympic debut Recent Performances 2nd - 2016 International Hockey Tournament (Darwin, Australia) 4th – 2016 Champions Trophy (London, England) 6th – 2015 World League Final (Rosario, Argentina) 1st – 2015 Oceania Cup (Stratford, New Zealand) 3rd – 2015 World League Semi-Final (Antwerp, Belgium) Career Highlights World Cup silver Commonwealth games gold Debuting Education Primary Marryatville primary Secondary Seymour college Tertiary Occupational therapy Training Coach Adam Commens 3 years Club Burnside, Adelaide, SA, Aus http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/jane-anne-claxton 2/3 28/07/2016 Jane-Anne Claxton | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Institute/Academy SASI Primary Training Base Perth Secondary Training Base Adelaide Q&A Favourite food Anything sweet Favourite holiday destination Greece Dream car Land Rover sport Personal Motto Trading hard, ght easy Star Sign Scorpio I would spend my last $10 on Anything to do with homewares If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Triathlon Why this sport? Love being apart of a team http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/jane-anne-claxton 3/3 28/07/2016 Kirstin Sheree Dwyer | AUS Team | Rio 2016 O醨cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Kirstin Sheree Dwyer Athlete Biography Mackay born, Kirstin Dwyer is set to make her Olympic debut at the Rio 2016 Games, after recording over 100 caps for the green and gold side. Filled with a passion for hockey at aged four, she joined her local hockey club. She grew up idolising Hockeyroos captain Madonna Blyth and says she never dreamt that one day she would be playing on the same team as her vastly experienced fellow Queenslander. The 27-year-old was part of the recent Champion's Trophy team that 偊nished in fourth place. Accident-prone Dwyer [not related to Kookaburras’ forward Jamie] has the tendency to run into stationary objects around hockey and the home. Back home in Mackay, Dwyer has her own 'little' crowd which includes 27 of her cousins who play in the Mackay School Hockey competition. Dwyer was married in 2013 and also studies As she chases her goal Clinical Exercise Physiology. All copy on this page is copyright © Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Hockey Fast Facts Sport Hockey Status Selected Event/s Hockey Women Nickname Kirst Height 173 Weight 66 http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/kirstin-sheree-dwyer 1/3 28/07/2016 Kirstin Sheree Dwyer | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Age 27 Born Mackay, QLD, Australia Associated Olympians Glenn Turner Mark Knowles Rachael Lynch Edwina Claire Bone MORE Career Highlights World Cup 2013 - Silver Medalist Education Primary St John's Catholic Primary School, Mackay QLD Secondary St Patrick's College, Mackay QLD Training Coach Adam Commens 2013 - current Club University of Western Australia Institute/Academy Australian Institute of Sport Primary Training Base Perth, Australia Q&A Star Sign Pisces http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/kirstin-sheree-dwyer 2/3 28/07/2016 Kirstin Sheree Dwyer | AUS Team | Rio 2016 http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/kirstin-sheree-dwyer 3/3 28/07/2016 Jodie Lauren Kenny | AUS Team | Rio 2016 Oᑺcial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Jodie Lauren Kenny Athlete Biography 2015 Hockeyroo Player of the year, Jodie Kenny (nee Shulz), will once again prove why she was awarded the prestigious title when the defender makes her second Olympic appearance in Rio 2016.