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Anna Flanagan (born 8 January 1992) is an Australian
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player who plays as a defender for the Canberra Labor Club Strikers in the
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. She is nicknamed ''Flanno''. A full international with over 100 caps since 2010 for the Australian national team, she has represented the nation at one
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and in one
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tournaments.


Career

Flanagan is a defender, who specialises in taking corner penalties. In 2000, after being a multi-sport athlete, she made a commitment to playing field hockey. Flanagan made her national team debut in March 2010 in a friendly against
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as an 18-year-old, after having been first called up to the team when she was 17 years old. Her selection to the squad came during a period when the team was injecting a lot of youth players following the
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. Later in 2010, she would represent Australia as a member of the gold medal-winning team at the Commonwealth Games. As a member of the 2012 Australian team at the
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, she had a fifth-place finish. Going into the Games, she had over 50 caps for the national team. Flanagan was named in 2013 the World Young Player of the Year in field hockey. She took part in the
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, which took place in Tucumán, Argentina. Her team reached the second place and she scored the only Australian goal in the final game.


Personal life

Flanagan was born on 8 January 1992. Her father is Fred Flanagan, a PE teacher in Canberra. She grew up in
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where she played
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,
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and
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. She attended Brindabella Christian College before going to
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. She earned a degree in sports journalism from the
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. Her professional career in journalism started around the time that she was added to the Australian field hockey squad. She moved from Canberra to Perth following the Commonwealth Games in order to further her field hockey career. Following this move, she started doing some professional journalism work for Fox Sports in Perth. In 2011 and 2012, she was enrolled at
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.


In popular culture

Flanagan is currently sponsored by Australian hockey brand Ritual Hockey. She is also sponsored by
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, and in early 2015, Flanagan became the first
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hockey player to sign a sponsorship deal with global brand
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.


Awards

;Individual *World Young Player of the Year: 2013


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Flanagan, Anna 1992 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Canberra Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games field hockey players for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in field hockey ACT Academy of Sport alumni Female field hockey defenders Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Sportswomen from the Australian Capital Territory University of Canberra alumni People educated at Radford College 21st-century Australian sportswomen