Chloe Dalton (born 11 July 1993) is an Australian professional

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player and

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er. She represented

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in rugby sevens and won a gold medal as a member of Australia's women's sevens team at the

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Early life

Chloe Dalton was born in Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore in 1993, to mother Penny and father Brad (president of the

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), before moving to Sydney at the age of 3 along with siblings Michael and Bailey (both rugby players with Warringah).From clueless to champion: S'pore-born Dalton's journey to Olympic rugby gold
David Lee. Straits Times. APR 16, 2020

Basketball

Chloe began playing basketball with in the WNBL with the

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playing 2 matches (alongside GWS teammate Erin Todd) each season for a career total of 4 matches between 2012 and 2014. In 2014 she left the WNBL with the aim of playing for Australia in rugby 7s at Rio in 2016.

Rugby union

Dalton represented

in rugby sevens and made her debut at the 2014 Dubai Women's Sevens. She won a gold medal as a member of Australia's women's sevens team at the

. Dalton was part of the Australian squad that won the

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. She is a member of

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team at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, defeating

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in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport.

Australian rules football

Dalton, after seeing

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on television for the first time, and with virtually no prior contact with the sport, made the decision to switch codes in 2017 with Sevens teammate Brooke Walker. With the aim of playing professionally she moved to

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in early 2018 and chose the

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based on the club environment, quickly earning a spot in the club's

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team before being selected as a rookie in the

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along with Walker. In her first season, the

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she played all matches. She followed this up with finishing runner-Up Best and Fairest Awards for For Carlton in 2020. Dalton returned to represent Australia in rugby 7s aiming for the Tokyo Olympics, however her campaign ended suffering a fractured cheekbone and signed with AFLW club

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to return home to Sydney.

Personal life

Dalton is studying at the

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for a

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degree majoring in

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. She attended

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and

Pymble Ladies' College Pymble Ladies' College is an independent, non-selective, day and boarding school for girls, located in Pymble, a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. History and description Pymble Ladies' College was founded ...

. At the

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for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Writing

In 2023 her first book, ''Girls on'tPlay Sport'', was published by Allen & Unwin.

References

External links

Wallaroos Profile
* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalton, Chloe 1993 births Living people Australian female rugby sevens players Australian female rugby union players Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Carlton Football Club (AFLW) players Greater Western Sydney Giants (AFLW) players Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Olympic rugby sevens players for Australia People educated at Pymble Ladies' College Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Australia international rugby sevens players Sportswomen from New South Wales Australian rules footballers from Sydney