Alicia Jane Lucas (née Quirk; born 28 March 1992) is a former professional Australian

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player. She represented in international rugby sevens and won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

Biography

Lucas was born in

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. She played for The Tribe at a club level. Lucas debuted for the Australian sevens team in May 2013. She also represented Australia in Touch Football, and was part of the team which won the 2011 Touch World Cup. She studied for a Bachelor of Physiotherapy at

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, Albury-Wodonga, graduating in 2013. Lucas representative honours also include ACT. Lucas was a member of Australia's women's sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, defeating

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in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport. Lucas announced her retirement from rugby union and sevens in August 2022.

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* * * * 1992 births Australian female rugby union players Australian female rugby sevens players Australia international rugby sevens 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 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 Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-stub