Georgina "Georgie" Parker (born 26 April 1989) is an

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er and former

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player for the Hockeyroos. Parker was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team that were defeated by the

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in the final of the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup, a gold medal winner at the

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and member of the team that went to the

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Personal

Parker lives in

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, Western Australia, as part of the national training program, having grown up in South Australia.

Field hockey

Club hockey

Parker played club hockey in the Riverland as a junior and later in Adelaide for the Adelaide Hockey Club. She also played a season for the Royal Antwerp Hockey Club in Belgium in 2016/17.

State hockey

In 2011, Parker was a member of the

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team the

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(formerly Southern Suns) that won the national championship in Darwin. She was the only goalscorer in the grand final winning 1–0 against the

NSW Arrows The New South Wales Arrows are a nationally competing field hockey team based in Sydney, Australia. Their most recent Australian Hockey League title win was in 2014. In 2015, NSW beat the ACT in the bronze medal playoff, securing 3rd place i ...

International hockey

Parker has played over 100 international games for the

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, including playing at the Commonwealth Games, Summer Olympics and World Cup. Her tournaments include: *2011 – Champions Trophy (Amstelveen, Netherlands) – 6th *2013 – World League Finals (Tucuman, Argentina) – 2nd *2013 –

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(Stratford, New Zealand) – 1st *2013 – World League Semi-Final (London, England) – 1st *2013 – Hockey Super Series 9's (Perth, Australia) – 1st *2014 –

(Glasgow, Scotland) – 1st *2014 –

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(The Hague, Netherlands) – 2nd *2015 – World League Semi-Final (Antwerp, Belgium)- 3rd *2015 – Hawke's Bay Hockey Festival (Hawke's Bay, New Zealand) – 1st *2016 – Hawke's Bay Hockey Festival (Hawke's Bay, New Zealand) – 3rd *2016 –

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(London, Great Britain) – 4th *2016 –

(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – quarter finals

AFL Women's career

In May 2017, Parker signed with Collingwood as a rookie for the

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, fielding an offer from

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too. She had no prior experience playing

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, but Collingwood viewed her as a potential midfield and forward line option. On 4 June 2018, Parker was elevated to Collingwood's senior list ahead of the 2019 season. In April 2019, Parker was delisted by Collingwood.

Statistics

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Media Career

Parker has a double degree in Journalism and PR, and is available as a guest speaker. As at 2022, she is the host of the

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TV show "Armchair Experts" – an analysis of the

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scene.

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* * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, Georgie 1989 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Sportswomen from South Australia Collingwood Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Australian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate field hockey players Curtin University alumni Field hockey people from South Australia Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games