Suzanne ("Suzie") Margaret Faulkner (born 16 March 1979 in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

, Queensland) is a

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striker from

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, who made her debut for the Australian women's national team in 2002 during a Six Nations International Tournament. Nicknamed ''Wongy'' she was a member of the

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at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, Greece, where the team ended up in fifth place in the overall-rankings.

References

Hockey Australia Profile

External links

* 1979 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Australia Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Sportswomen from Queensland Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Sportspeople from Brisbane Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub