Madeleine Ruby Ratcliffe (born 17 October 1997) is a field hockey player from Australia, who plays as a forward.

Personal life

Ratcliffe was born and raised in

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. She was a scholarship holder at the

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(VIS), and currently studies a Bachelor of Commerce at

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Career

National teams

Under–21

In 2016, Ratcliffe made her debut for the Jillaroos during the Junior Oceania Cup on the

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. The team won gold, qualifying for the

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later that year. Ratcliffe was also highest scorer at the tournament, with four goals.

Hockeyroos

Ratcliffe made her 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 2016 during a test series against

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in Bunbury and

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. During her career, Ratcliffe medalled twice with the Hockeyroos. She won gold at the

2017 Oceania Cup The 2017 Men's Oceania Cup was the tenth edition of the men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 11 to 15 October in Sydney. The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2018 FIH World Cup. Australia won the tournament for the tenth ti ...

in Sydney, and silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the

International goals

References

External links

* * * 1997 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Sportspeople from Warrnambool Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportswomen from Victoria (state) {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub