Kristen Towers
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12 October 1976 Taree, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1998–2001 | NSWIS Arrows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Australia U–21 | 7 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Australia | 69 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kristen Towers (born 12 October 1976)[1] is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who played as a midfielder.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Kristen Towers was born and raised in Taree, New South Wales.[1]
Towers has an identical twin sister, Julie, who was also a member of the Hockeyroos.[3]
Career
[edit]Domestic hockey
[edit]Throughout her career, Towers was a member of the NSWIS Arrows in the Australian Hockey League.[4]
International hockey
[edit]Under–21
[edit]In 1997, Towers was a member of the Australia U–21 team at the FIH Junior World Cup in Seongnam. Australia won a silver medal at the tournament, with Towers scoring on four occasions.[5]
Hockeyroos
[edit]Kristen Towers made her official debut for the Hockeyroos in 1998.[6] Later that year she was included in the Commonwealth Games team to compete in Kuala Lumpur. There, she won her first medal with the national team, taking home gold.[7]
1999 proved to be a good year for Towers, winning her second and third gold medals for Australia. Her first was at the FIH Champions Trophy in Brisbane, followed by the Oceania Cup, held across Australia and New Zealand.[8]
After only two appearances in 2000, Towers returned to the international fold in 2001.[6] During the year, she won gold at the Oceania Cup in New Zealand, followed by bronze at the FIH Champions Trophy in Amsterdam.[8]
International goals
[edit]Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 September 1998 | Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |  Jamaica |
2–0 | 12–0 | 1998 Commonwealth Games | [9] |
| 2 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 3 | 9–0 | ||||||
| 4 | 11–0 | ||||||
| 5 | 19 September 1998 |  New Zealand |
3–1 | 7–3 | |||
| 6 | 20 September 1998 |  England |
6–1 | 8–1 | |||
| 7 | 1 August 1999 | Bayer Leverkusen, Leverkusen, Germany |  Germany |
1–1 | 1–1 | Test Match | [10] |
| 8 | 23 May 2001 | Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka, Japan |  Japan |
1–0 | 4–1 | 2001 East Asian Games | [11] |
| 9 | 27 May 2001 |  South Korea |
6–1 | 7–1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Personal Details – Kristen Towers". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 11 May 2001. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Kristen Towers from the Australian Hockey team". gettyimages.com.au. Getty Images. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Hockey's (double) vision". examiner.com.au. The Examiner. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Women's Hockey Australia Annual Report 1998" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Australian Junior Youth Recent Results". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 5 January 2000. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ a b "History of the Hockeyroos". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "KRISTEN TOWERS". commonwealthgames.com.au. Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ a b "TOWERS Kristen". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "XVI Commonwealth Games Gold Kuala Lumpur '98". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 18 November 2000. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "NEWS FROM EUROPEAN TOUR & HAWKES 250". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 14 June 2000. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Hockey Australia Annual Report 2001-2002" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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- 1976 births
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- Female field hockey midfielders
- Australian female field hockey players
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Australian twins
- People from Taree
- Sportswomen from New South Wales
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Australian field hockey biography stubs