Bryony Duus (born 7 October 1977) is an Australian soccer coach and former midfielder for the Australia women's national soccer team.

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Duus grew up in

Ipswich, Queensland Ipswich () is a city in South East Queensland, Australia. Situated on the Bremer River, it is approximately west of the Brisbane central business district. The city is renowned for its architectural, natural and cultural heritage. Ipswich pre ...

where she played football for Coalstars and Ipswich Girls Grammar School. Duus was part of the Queensland Academy of Sport and

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

women's football programs, before going on to play in the national championships for the Queensland Sting. She competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

and

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship of women's national soccer teams organized by FIFA. It was held in the United States from September 20 to October 12, 2003, at s ...

. She is the current U17 coach and Senior Women assistant coach at

Western Pride FC Western Pride Football Club is a soccer club based in Ipswich, Queensland. The club is best known for winning the NPL Queensland Grand Final in 2017. Pride's Senior Men currently play in the Football Queensland Premier League, following relegat ...

, having been invited to the club by her former international teammate

Belinda Kitching Belinda Kitching (born 15 July 1977) is an Australians, Australian football coach and former goalkeeper for the Australia women's national soccer team. Playing career Kitching played junior football for Coalstars in Ipswich, before progressing ...

. Having learned Italian, Duus joined the AIS European Training Centre in a logistics role after a persistent knee injury prevented her from continuing her playing career.

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* 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Ipswich, Queensland Soccer players from Queensland Australian women's soccer players Place of birth missing (living people) Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for Australia Women's association football midfielders 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Australia women's international soccer players {{Australia-women-footy-bio-stub

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