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Full name | Amanda Zarine Woodcroft | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Kitchener, Ontario | 9 October 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2014 | Canada Indoor | 15 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011– | Canada | 127 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amanda Zarine Woodcroft (born 9 October 1993)[1] is an indoor and field hockey player from Canada.[2]
Amanda Woodcroft was born in Kitchener, Ontario, and grew up in the neighbouring city of Waterloo.[3]
Woodcroft has a younger sister, Nicole, who also represents Canada in field hockey.[4]
In 2010, Woodcroft made her debut for the Canadian indoor team at the Indoor Pan American Cup in Barquisimeto.[5]
She represented the team again in 2014 in a number of tournaments.[6] Most notably, Woodcroft was awarded Player of the Tournament at the Indoor Pan American Cup in Montevideo where she also won a gold medal.[7]
After appearances with the senior national team, Woodcroft represented the Canada U–21 side at the 2013 FIH Junior World Cup in Mönchengladbach.[6]
Woodcroft made her debut for the senior national team in 2011.[2]
Following her debut, Woodcroft has gone on to represent the Canadian team at a number of tournaments and amassed over 100 caps.[6]
She has medalled with the national team a number of times, winning silver at the 2018–19 FIH Series Finals in Valencia[8] and the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.[9] In addition, she has won bronze at the 2013 Pan American Cup in Mendoza and the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.[6]
In 2018, she was a member of the national team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.[10]