Hannah Buckling
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 Australian
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3 June 1992 Sydney, Australia |
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| Residence | Mossman, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Water Polo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Women's team | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sydney Northern Beaches Breakers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Sydney Uni Lions | ||||||||||||||||||
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Hannah Buckling (born 3 June 1992 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian water polo centre back. She attended the Wenona Girls School and is currently attending the University of Sydney while working on a Bachelor of Science. She started playing water polo as a twelve-year-old. She played club water polo for the Sydney Northern Beaches Breakers and as a junior player represented New South Wales in national competitions and Australia in international competitions. She plays for the Sydney Uni Lions in the National Water Polo League. As s representative of Australia on the junior and senior level, she had her first international cap during the 2008 Australian Junior Tour at the Pythia Cup. She was a member of the Australian side that finished third at the 2011 FINA Junior World Championships. As a member of the senior team, she competed at the 2011 Canada Cup and helped the team take home gold. She is one of seventeen players vying for thirteen spots to go to 2012 Summer Olympics as a member of the Australia women's national water polo team.
Buckling was born on 3 June 1992 in Sydney, but calls Mosman, New South Wales her hometown. Her grandfather represented Wales as a member of the Wales School Boy team in rugby union. She attended Wenona Girls School located in North Sydney, New South Wales. She is currently working on a Bachelor of Science at the University of Sydney. She is 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) tall, weights 75 kilograms (165 lb) and is right handed.
Buckling prefers to wear cap number six and plays in the centre back position. She started playing water polo as a twelve-year-old in Year 7 at Wenona Girls School. In 2011, she was named a Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness/St Andrew’s College Foundation Awards winner because of her water polo. She has a water polo scholarship from the New South Wales Institute of Sport.
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