Alicia Quirk
Quirk at the homecoming celebration in Wagga Wagga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 28 March 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58.5 kg (129 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2016 Rio de Janeiro | Team |
Alicia Quirk (born 28 March 1992) is a professional Australian rugby union player. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
Quirk represents Australia in Sevens Rugby. Born in Wagga Wagga, NSW and playing for The Tribe at a club level, she debuted for Australia in May 2013. She also represents Australia in Touch Football, and was part of the team which won the Touch World Cup 2011.[1] She studied Bachelor of Physiotherapy at Charles Sturt University, Albury-Wodonga, graduating in 2013. Representative Honours include ACT.[2][3][4] Quirk was a member of Australia's women's sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[5] defeating New Zealand in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
References
- ↑ "Alicia Quirk". Sport for Women.com.au. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ↑ "Alicia Quirk". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ↑ Malone, Matt (2015-12-06). "Quirk helps Aussies to title". Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ↑ "Australian Olympic representatives Torah Bright, Liz Cambage, Holly Lincoln-Smith and Alicia Quirk". ABC News. 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ↑ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ↑ "Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens". Sky News. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ↑ "Rio Olympics: Australia's men's and women's sevens squads unveiled". foxsports.com.au. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games". ABC.net.au. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ↑ "Australia's Olympic Sevens squads announced". Rugby News.net.au. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ↑ "Australia name a mix of veterans, young guns for men's, women's Olympic sevens squads". ESPN.com.au. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ↑ "Key players return as Australia name Olympic sevens squads". worldrugby.org. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-14.