Aleisha Power (born 1 January 1997)[1] is an Australian field hockey player, who plays as a goalkeeper.[2]

Aleisha Power
Personal information
Born (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 27)
Northam, Australia
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career
Years Team
2015–2018 WA Diamonds
2019– Perth Thundersticks
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Australia U–21 14 (0)
2017– Australia 4 (0)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Australia
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Terrassa/Amstelveen
FIH Pro League
Bronze medal – third place Season Four Team
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham
FIH Junior World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Santiago

Personal life edit

Aleisha Power was born and raised in Northam, Western Australia.[2]

Career edit

Domestic hockey edit

Australian Hockey League edit

From 2015 until the league's dissolution in 2018, Power was a member of the WA Diamonds squad in the Australian Hockey League (AHL).[3][4]

Hockey One edit

In 2019, Hockey Australia introduced the Sultana Bran Hockey One, a new premier domestic hockey competition to replace the AHL.[5] Power was named in the Perth Thundersticks team for the inaugural season of the league, where she appeared in all six games.[4]

Australia edit

Under–21 edit

Aleisha Power was first named in the Australia U–21 squad in 2015.[6] She made her first appearance for the team later that year, in a series of test matches against Argentina in Buenos Aires.[7]

In 2016, she was a member of the team at the Junior Oceania Cup on the Gold Coast.[8] She followed this up with a bronze medal appearance at the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago.[9]

At the Junior World Cup, Power was awarded Goalkeeper of the Tournament.[10]

Hockeyroos edit

Power made her Hockeyroos debut in 2017, during a test series against Japan in Adelaide.[2][11]

She didn't make another appearance for the team until 2021,[8] when she was named in the Hockeyroos squad for the first time.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ "Team Details – Australia". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Aleisha Power". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Maylands goalkeeper Aleisha Power brought to tears by first Hockeyroos call-up". perthnow.com.au. Perth Now. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "POWER Aleisha". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Aleisha Power". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Women's Junior Squad named". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  7. ^ "U21 Jillaroos go down to Argentina". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b "POWER Aleisha". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Northam girl secures bronze". farmweekly.com.au. Farm Weekly. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Argentina win women's Hockey Junior World Cup 2016". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Hockeyroos goalkeeper Aleisha Power thrilled with international debut". perthnow.com.au. Perth Now. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Hockeyroos squad finalised". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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