Penny Squibb (born 9 February 1993) is an Australian
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
player.
Career
National Representation
Squibb plays representative hockey for her home state,
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
, in national competition. She represents the
WA Diamonds
The WA Diamonds are a women's field hockey team based in Perth, Western Australia. The team compete in the women's division of the Australian Hockey League
The Australian Hockey League (AHL)Australian Hockey League
The Australian Hockey League (AHL)AHL Webpage was Australia's premier national domestic
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. At the 2017 tournament, Squibb was equal highest scorer, with 7 goals.
New Delhi
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.
Hockeyroos
In 2017, Squibb was named in the Australian national development squad for the first time.
Squibb is set to make her international debut for Australia in November 2018, at the
Hockey Champions Trophy
The Hockey Champions Trophy (HCT) was an international field hockey tournament held by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
History
Founded in 1978 by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan and the Pakistan Hockey Federation, it featured the wor ...
. Squibb is one of four players included in the team who are not part of
Hockey Australia
Hockey Australia is an organisation that formed from the merger of the Australian Hockey Association and Women's Hockey Australia in 2000. It is the national body responsible for the promotion, development and administration of field hockey in A ...
's centralised training program.
Squibb qualified for the
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
. She was part of 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 ...
Olympics squad. The Hockeyroos lost 1–0 to India in the quarterfinals and therefore were not in medal contention.