Madonna Blyth

Personal information

Full name

Madonna Blyth

Born

30 November 1985 (age 31)
Brisbane, Queensland

Height

1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

Playing position

Midfielder

Club information

Current club

Queensland Scorchers

National team

2004–2016

Australia

342

(70)

Medal record

Women's field hockey
Representing Australia
World Cup
	2006 Madrid	Team
	2014 The Hague	Team
Commonwealth Games
	2006 Melbourne	Team
	2010 New Delhi	Team
	2014 Glasgow	Team
Champions Trophy
	2005 Canberra	Team
	2009 Sydney	Team
World League
	2012-13 Tucuman	Team
Oceania Cup
	2005 Auckland, Sydney	Team
	2013 Stratford	Team
	2015 Stratford	Team
	2007 Buderim	Team
	2009 Invercargill	Team
	2011 Hobart	Team

Madonna Blyth (born 30 November 1985) is an Australian field hockey player who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She also plays for and captains the Queensland Scorchers in the Australian Hockey League. Blyth has been the Captain of the Hockeyroos since 1999. Her debut game for Australia was in Argentina, as an 18-year-old at the 2004 Champions Trophy. She started playing hockey when she was 5, and joined the representative scene at 15, winning gold with her team at the 2001 Australian Youth Olympic Festival.

She was nominated for the FIH's player of the year in 2013, and has been named on the FIH All-Stars team in 2007, 2009 and 2010, as well as being named Player of the Tournament at the 2009 Champions Trophy.

She played her 250th game for Australia in June 2013, and is only the fifth Australian woman to reach this number.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she captained Australia to victory and scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout against England.

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