Laura Barden (born 6 September 1994) is an Australian

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. She was a member of the 2017 Australian women's national field hockey team.

Early life and education

Laura Barden is from

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. She moved to

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. She was a scholarship recipient from the

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Career

Barden was a member of the 2014 Women's National Junior Squad for Australia. The following year she was moved up to the Australian women's national field hockey team, known as the Hockeyroos, in September 2015. 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. She was again part of the Hockeyroos team for the 2017 Hawkes Bay Cup. Barden scored Australia's only goal in an April 2017 game against New Zealand at the Festival of Hockey. Although Barden was initially named to the 2017 Oceania Cup team, she was later ruled out because of a quad injury. In addition to playing for the Hockeyroos, Barden also plays for Camberwell Hockey Club.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barden, Laura Living people 1994 births People educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School Australian female field hockey players 21st-century Australian sportswomen People from Kew, Victoria University of Melbourne alumni Field hockey players from Melbourne Australian expatriate field hockey players Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Sportswomen from Victoria (state)