Kate Hollywood
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28 May 1986 Gymea Bay, New South Wales |
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| Playing position | Midfielder, defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2012 | NSW Arrows | ?? (??) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2011 | Australia | 142 (27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kate Hollywood (born 28 May 1986) is an Australian former field hockey player who represented the Australian national team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won two Commonwealth Games gold medals, in 2006 and 2010. Domestically, Hollywood played for the New South Wales Arrows in the Australian Hockey League (AHL). Known for her "speed, vision, and accuracy in passing", Hollywood played predominantly in midfield and was a member of the national team from 2005 to 2011, earning over 150 international caps.
Born to Carolyn and Bob Hollywood on 28 May 1986, Hollywood is originally from Gymea Bay, New South Wales. From a hockey-playing family – her father played first-grade hockey in Sydney – she began playing hockey at four years of age for her local team, Sutherland Hockey Club.
After her debut season with the New South Wales Arrows in the Australian Hockey League (AHL) in 2005, Hollywood was selected to play for the Australian team for their 2005 tour of the United States. Hollywood made her international debut on that tour as a 19-year-old and, after an impressive showing, she became a constant fixture in the Australian team. In July, Hollywood was selected to play for the Australian under-21 team at the Junior World Cup. Several months after her senior debut, Hollywood played at the 2005 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy where she won a silver medal, losing the final in a penalty shootout to the Netherlands.
The next year, Hollywood played for Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Australia won the gold medal, defeating India 1–0 in the final, which Hollywood described as the "highlight of her career" and her "greatest moment". Hollywood also played at the 2006 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, but the Australians could not repeat their performance of the previous year and did not feature in the medals. Despite being a regular in the Australian team for the majority of the year, Hollywood was not selected to the Australian squad for the 2006 World Cup.
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