Abigail Wilson (born 27 June 1998) is a
field hockey
Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...
player from
Australia
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, who plays as a forward.
Personal life
Abigail Wilson was born in Bathurst and raised in Lithgow, New South Wales
Career
Domestic leagues
Australian Hockey League
In the
(AHL), Wilson played for her home state as a member of the
NSW Arrows. She made her AHL debut in
2016
2016 was designated as:
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* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, winning a bronze medal. She followed this up with a bronze medal in
2017
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Events January
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, and a gold medal in
2018
Events January
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at the last edition of the tournament.
Hockey One
Following the overhaul of the AHL and subsequent introduction of the
Hockey One
The Liberty Hockey One is a field hockey competition organised by Hockey Australia, which replaced the Australian Hockey League.
Dual competitions are conducted for both men's and women's teams, with parallel fixtures for both competitions thro ...
, Wilson was named in the squad for
New South Wales
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's new representative team, the
NSW Pride
NSW Pride is an Australian professional field hockey club based in Sydney. The club was established in 2019, and is one of 7 established to compete in Hockey Australia's new premier domestic competition, Hockey One.
The club unifies both men and ...
. She made her debut for the team in the first game of the
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...
, against the
Adelaide Fire.
National teams
Under–21
After debuting for the Australian Under–23 side in early November 2018, Wilson made her debut for the
Jillaroos later that month during a Trans–Tasman test series against the
New Zealand Under–21 side in
Hastings, New Zealand
Hastings (; , ) is an inland city of New Zealand and is one of the two major urban areas of New Zealand, urban areas in Hawke's Bay Region, Hawke's Bay, on the east coast of the North Island. The population of Hastings (including Flaxmere) is ...
.
Under–23
Wilson made her debut for the Australian Under–23 side in November 2018, during a tour of
China
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.
International goals
The following is a list of international goals scored by Wilson:
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Australian female field hockey players
Female field hockey forwards
Lithgow, New South Wales
Sportswomen from New South Wales
Sportspeople from Lithgow, New South Wales
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