| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 7 July 2006 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Brisbane Blaze | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Australia U–21 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Australia | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Karissa van der Wath (born 7 July 2006) [1] is a field hockey player from Australia. [2]
Karissa van der Wath was born in Sydney, and grew up in the suburb of Baulkham Hills. [2] Her family later relocated to Brisbane. [3]
She is a current scholarship holder at the Queensland Academy of Sport. [4]
In Hockey Australia's premier domestic league, the Liberty Hockey One, Van der Wath represents her home state as a member of the Brisbane Blaze. [5] [6] She also represents Queensland in at junior level, having won multiple national championships with the state side. [5] [7]
Van der Wath made her debut for the Australian U–21 side, the Jillaroos, in 2023. She made her first appearances for the team at the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago. [8] [9]
In 2025 she won a gold medal with the team at the Junior Oceania Cup in Auckland. [4] [8] [10]
Following an outstanding appearance at the Junior Oceania Cup, Van der Wath received her first call–up to the Hockeyroos in 2025. She will make her senior international debut during the Santiago del Estero leg of the 2024–25 FIH Pro League. [2] [11]
