Bianca Maree Netzler (born 27 May 1976 in

Goulburn, New South Wales Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters patent ...

) is a female

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

midfield player from

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, who made her debut for the Australian women's national team at the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup in 1996. She was a member of the

Hockeyroos The Australia women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Hockeyroos) are, as of January 2019, ranked third in the world. Having played their first game in 1914, and their first Olympic game in 1984, they are one of Australia's most succes ...

at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, Greece, where the team ended up in fifth place in the overall-rankings.

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* 1976 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Goulburn Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey 21st-century Australian women Sportswomen from New South Wales Field hockey people from New South Wales Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub