Carmel Bakurski (née Souter; born 7 September 1976 in

Murray Bridge, South Australia Murray Bridge (formerly Mobilong and Edwards Crossing; ) is a city in the Australian state of South Australia, located east-southeast of the state's capital city, Adelaide, and north of the town of Meningie. The city is called ''Pomberuk'' b ...

) is a retired female

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defender from

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. She made her debut for the

Australia women's national field hockey team The Australia women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Hockeyroos) are, as of August 2023, ranked second in the world. Having played their first game in 1914, and their first Olympic game in 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984, they are one of A ...

during the 1998 season (Argentina Tour) following the 1997 Junior World Cup (silver medal). Nicknamed ''Carma'' she was a member of the

Hockeyroos The Australia women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Hockeyroos) 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 succes ...

at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Manchester, England, ...

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where the team ended up in third place in the overall-rankings, and the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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Hockey

State Hockey

Carmel played for the SA Suns in the

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International Hockey

Carmel played international games for the Hockeyroos, including Champions Trophy, Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games and World Cup. Her tournaments include: *

2001 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy The 2001 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 9th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held from 18 to 26 August 2001 in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Argentina won the tournament for the first time after defeating the Netherlan ...

(Amstelveen) – 3rd BRONZE *

2002 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy The 2002 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 10th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held from 24 August to 1 September 2002 in Macau, China, being this the first time that the annual six-nation tournament was staged in ...

(Macau) – 4th *

(Manchester) – 1st GOLD *

2002 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 10th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 24 November to 8 December 2002 in Perth, Western Australia. Argentina women's national field hockey team, Argentina ...

(Perth) – 4th *

2003 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy The 2003 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 11th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held from 29 November to 7 December 2003 in Sydney, Australia. Australia won the tournament for a record sixth time after defeating Chi ...

(Sydney) – 1st GOLD *

(Athens) – 5th

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* 1976 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games field hockey players for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey People from Murray Bridge, South Australia 21st-century Australian sportswomen Sportswomen from South Australia Field hockey people from South Australia Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub