Amy Lawton

DOB: 19 January 2002
Hometown: Melbourne, Victoria (born in Worthing, England)
Junior Club: Southern United HC
Instagram: amy_lawton6
Playing Number: 4
Position: Midfielder
Hockeyroos Cap Number: 503
Hockeyroos Debut: 25 April 2019 v New Zealand in Auckland (FIH Pro League)
Hockeyroos Appearances (Goals): 72 (4)

Awards/Honours
2022 Commonwealth Games Silver Medal
2022 World Cup Bronze Medal
2022 Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship Holder (Tier 2)
2019 FIH Pro League Runners Up
2019 Sultana Bran Hockey One League Runners Up (HC Melbourne)
2019 Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Sport Performance Awards Emerging Athlete of the Year
2019 Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) Rising Star Award

Tournament History
Commonwealth Games 2022
World Cup 2022
Olympic Games 2020 (2021)
FIH Pro League 2019, 2020-21, 2022-23
Oceania Cup 2019

Further Information
- Parents were born and raised in Zimbabwe. Both played squash for Zimbabwe and both played hockey at school where Amy’s father was captain of the Zimbabwe school boy team. They moved to the UK where Amy and her younger sister Josie were both born. The family then relocated to Melbourne when Amy was 5 years of age.
- Started playing hockey at Casey Cannons when she was 8 years old. Also did Little Athletics and was a talented soccer player.
- Went to Southern United HC (she grew up playing in mixed teams).
- Pathway to the national team came when she was identified at the 2018 Australian U21 Championships which saw her secure a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport.
- Played every match of the 2018 Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers in PNG, Youth Olympic Games in Argentina, and 2018 U21 Trans-Tasman Series.
- Selected in the Hockeyroos team for the Tokyo Test Event in 2019, her performances seeing her named for the 2019 Oceania Cup in Rockhampton.
- Scored her maiden Hockeyroos goal in a 2-2 draw with Japan at the Tokyo Test Event.
- Spent Friday afternoons and Sunday coaching U10 players at Southern United HC, as well as helping in the canteen and volunteering in other capacities.
- Younger sister Josie is also a talented hockey player.
- Fourth youngest Hockeyroo to compete at an Olympic Games.