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![]() Alicia Quirk at the homecoming celebration in Wagga Wagga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 28 March 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58.5 kg (129 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alicia Jane Lucas OAM (née Quirk; born 28 March 1992) is a professional Australian rugby union player. She represents Australia in international rugby sevens and won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
Born in Wagga Wagga, NSW and playing for The Tribe at a club level, Quirk debuted for Australia in May 2013. She also represents Australia in Touch Football, and was part of the team which won the Touch World Cup 2011.[1] She studied Bachelor of Physiotherapy at Charles Sturt University, Albury-Wodonga, graduating in 2013. Representative Honours include ACT.[2][3][4]
Quirk was a member of Australia's women's sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[5] defeating New Zealand in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
References
- ^ "Alicia Quirk". Sport for Women.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Alicia Quirk". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ Malone, Matt (6 December 2015). "Quirk helps Aussies to title". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Australian Olympic representatives Torah Bright, Liz Cambage, Holly Lincoln-Smith and Alicia Quirk". ABC News. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens". Sky News. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympics: Australia's men's and women's sevens squads unveiled". foxsports.com.au. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games". ABC.net.au. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Australia's Olympic Sevens squads announced". Rugby News.net.au. 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Australia name a mix of veterans, young guns for men's, women's Olympic sevens squads". ESPN.com.au. 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Key players return as Australia name Olympic sevens squads". worldrugby.org. 2016. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
External links
- Alicia Lucas at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Alicia Lucas at Olympics.com
- Alicia Lucas at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Media related to Alicia Quirk at Wikimedia Commons
- 1992 births
- Australian female rugby union players
- Australian female rugby sevens players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Living people
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of Australia
- Touch footballers
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Australia women's international rugby union players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Australian rugby union biography stubs