| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 September 1994 Kew, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | HGC | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Australia | 42 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Laura Barden (born 6 September 1994) [1] [2] is an Australian field hockey player. She was a member of the 2017 Australian women's national field hockey team.
Laura Barden is from Melbourne. She moved to Kew, Victoria. [2] She was a scholarship recipient from the University of Melbourne. [3]
Barden was a member of the 2014 Women's National Junior Squad for Australia. [4] The following year she was moved up to the Australian women's national field hockey team, known as the Hockeyroos, in September 2015. [1] [5] She was not chosen for Australia's team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, however, by January 2017 Barden had played in 15 games and scored 4 goals in her time with the team. [5] She was again part of the Hockeyroos team for the 2017 Hawkes Bay Cup. [6] Barden scored Australia's only goal in an April 2017 game against New Zealand at the Festival of Hockey. [7] Although Barden was initially named to the 2017 Oceania Cup team, she was later ruled out because of a quad injury. [8]
In addition to playing for the Hockeyroos, Barden also plays for Camberwell Hockey Club. [2]
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The Australia women's national field hockey team are, as of August 2023, ranked second in the world. Having played their first game in 1914, and their first Olympic game in 1984, they are one of Australia's most successful sporting teams, boasting three Olympic gold medals, two World Cup gold medals and four Commonwealth Games gold medals. The Hockeyroos have been crowned Australia's Team of the Year five times and were unanimously awarded Best Australian Team at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
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