Karri Somerville (born 7 April 1999) is an Australian

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player.

Personal life

Karri Somerville was born in

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. She was a student at All Saint's College in

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, from where she graduated in 2016. Somerville is a current scholarship holder at the

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Career

Junior

In 2016, Somerville was a member of the Australian women's junior national team ' The Jillaroos' that won bronze at the 2016 Junior World Cup in

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Indoor

Somerville made her debut for the

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indoor hockey team in 2018, at the Indoor World Cup in

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. At the tournament, Australia finished in 6th place, and Somerville scored once throughout the competition.

Senior

While Somerville has not yet debuted for the

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, she is currently a member of the national development squad. Somerville qualified for the

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. She was part of the

Olympics squad. The Hockeyroos lost 1–0 to India in the quarterfinals and therefore were not in medal contention.

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* * * 1999 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Female indoor hockey players Female field hockey defenders Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Olympic field hockey players for Australia 21st-century Australian women 21st-century Australian people Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Field hockey players from Perth, Western Australia Sportswomen from Western Australia 2018 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup players Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub