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Alicia Lucas
Quirk at the homecoming celebration in Wagga Wagga
Date of birth (1992-03-28) 28 March 1992 (age 32)
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight58.5 kg (129 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Zurück
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
The Tribe ()

Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team

Alicia Quirk (born 28 March 1992) is a semi-professional Australian rugby union player. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

Quirk represents Australia in Sevens Rugby. Born in Wagga Wagga, NSW and playing for The Tribe at a club level, she 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

  1. ^ "Alicia Quirk". Sport for Women.com.au. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Alicia Quirk". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ^ Malone, Matt (6 December 2015). "Quirk helps Aussies to title". Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Australian Olympic representatives Torah Bright, Liz Cambage, Holly Lincoln-Smith and Alicia Quirk". ABC News. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ^ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens". Sky News. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  7. ^ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Rio Olympics: Australia's men's and women's sevens squads unveiled". foxsports.com.au. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games". ABC.net.au. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Australia's Olympic Sevens squads announced". Rugby News.net.au. 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Australia name a mix of veterans, young guns for men's, women's Olympic sevens squads". ESPN.com.au. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Key players return as Australia name Olympic sevens squads". worldrugby.org. 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

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