Carmel Bakurski (née Souter; born 7 September 1976 in Murray Bridge, South Australia) is a retired female field hockey defender from Australia. She made her debut for the Australia women's national field hockey team during the 1998 season (Argentina Tour) following the 1997 Junior World Cup (silver medal).
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| Birth name | Carmel Souter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 September 1976 (age 48) Murray Bridge, South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicknamed Carma she was a member of the Hockeyroos at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester where the team ended up in third place in the overall-rankings, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1]
Hockey
editState Hockey
editCarmel played for the SA Suns in the Australian Hockey League.
International Hockey
editCarmel played international games for the Hockeyroos, including Champions Trophy, Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games and World Cup.
Her tournaments include:
- 2001 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy (Amstelveen) – 3rd BRONZE
- 2002 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy (Macau) – 4th
- 2002 Commonwealth Games (Manchester) – 1st GOLD
- 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup (Perth) – 4th
- 2003 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy (Sydney) – 1st GOLD
- 2004 Summer Olympics (Athens) – 5th[2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Hockey SA About Us – South Australian Olympians". Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carmel Burkurski". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Carmel Burkurski (Souter)". corporate.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
External links
edit- Carmel Bakurski at the International Hockey Federation
- Carmel Bakurski at Olympics.com
- Carmel Bakurski at Olympedia
- Carmel Bakurski at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Carmel Bakurski at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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