| 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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