Peta Louise Edebone (born 9 February 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was captain of the 2004 squad. After having knee surgery after Athens, she retired from competitive softball. In Sydney, she hit 4 home runs, which tied the current record. The record was broken at the 2004 Summer Olympics by

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. Edebone is to participate in the annual

Victorian Women's Football League The Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) was the oldest and largest Australian rules football league for women in the world, consisting of 47 clubs from Victoria, Australia, across seven divisions and a total of over 1,000 players. The ...

Metro vs Country match as a curtain-raiser to

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club ...

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in Round 7 at the

Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...

on 12 May 2007.

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1969 births Living people Australian Institute of Sport softball players Australian softball players Olympic softball players for Australia Softball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Softball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Softball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Olympic medalists in softball Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Sportspeople from Melbourne Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Women's Australian rules footballers {{Australia-softball-bio-stub