Alicia Quirk

Alicia Quirk
Quirk at the homecoming celebration in Wagga Wagga
Date of birth (1992-03-28) 28 March 1992
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight 58.5 kg (129 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Back
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
The Tribe
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
2013– Australia
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team

Alicia Quirk (born 28 March 1992) is a semi-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. As of December 2015, she currently has 13 caps. On top of this, Alicia also represents Australia in Touch Football. Her greatest achievement was winning 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

  1. ↑ "Alicia Quirk". Sport for Women.com.au. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  2. ↑ "Alicia Quirk". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  3. ↑ Malone, Matt (2015-12-06). "Quirk helps Aussies to title". Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  4. ↑ "Australian Olympic representatives Torah Bright, Liz Cambage, Holly Lincoln-Smith and Alicia Quirk". ABC News. 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  5. ↑ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  6. ↑ "Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens". Sky News. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  8. ↑ "Rio Olympics: Australia's men's and women's sevens squads unveiled". foxsports.com.au. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  9. ↑ "Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games". ABC.net.au. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  10. ↑ "Australia's Olympic Sevens squads announced". Rugby News.net.au. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "Key players return as Australia name Olympic sevens squads". worldrugby.org. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-14.

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