Kate Denning (born 14 December 1989) is an Australian
field hockey player.
Personal life
Denning was born and raised in
South Perth,
Western Australia. Her mother is a former Australian international player and Olympic gold medallist,
Elspeth Denning
Elspeth Denning ( OAM) (née Swain, also known as Elspeth Denning-Clement and Elspeth Clement-Denning) a former Western Australian field hockey player. She was born in Kenya on 19 June 1956 and moved with her family to South Africa when sh ...
.
She studied medicine at the
University of Western Australia, and is now a fully qualified doctor.
Career
State level
Until 2018, Denning represented her home state,
Western Australia, in domestic competitions. In 2019, she was named in the
Adelaide Fire women's team for the
inaugural tournament of Australia's new domestic competition,
Hockey One.
National teams
Under–21
In 2007, Denning was first named in the
Australia U–21 side, 'The Jillaroos'. She followed this up with a number of appearances for the side, her final game at the
2009 Junior World Cup in
Boston, Massachusetts.
Hockeyroos
Denning made her senior international debut for 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 ...
in 2009, during a test match against
Germany in
Perth, Western Australia.
Following her 2009 debut, Denning did not make another appearance for the team until 2014. She was named in the preliminary squad for the
Champions Trophy, but only appeared in a test series against
New Zealand in
Wellington, New Zealand.
References
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1989 births
Living people
Australian female field hockey players
Female field hockey midfielders
21st-century Australian women
Field hockey players from Perth, Western Australia
Sportswomen from Western Australia
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