Sarah Young (née Taylor; born 19 October 1981 in

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the Federation of Australia, federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the List of citi ...

) is a female

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 ...

midfielder from Australia. She made her debut for the Australian women's national team during the 2001 season (Korea Telecom Cup). Young was a member 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 ...

at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, where the team ended up in first place in the overall rankings.

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* 1981 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Australia Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Sportspeople from Canberra Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey ACT Academy of Sport alumni 21st-century Australian women {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub