born march australian water polo centre forward sister skeleton competitor set australian siblings competed summer olympics winter olympics started playing water polo thirteen years old attending school went represent new_south_wales national level plays club water polo called represent australia junior national team appearance australia senior team major international tournament representing australia world league super finals member australian national sides earned gold medals junior world championships canada cup silver medal women water polo world cup players competing earn spots australia women national water polo team order represent country summer olympics personal born march sydney sisters parents youngest child currently lives new_south_wales living new south wales father open heart surgery order remove mother diagnosed breast cancer oldest sister died long battle depression sister represented australia winter olympics skeleton sisters hoping set sibling competed summer games winter games currently involved long term relationship age competed finals event saved life fellow competitor distress left course rescue helping got attention safety crew boat resumed swim finished 27th field swimmers attended physical education teacher completed student went attend course year programme earned scholarship help focus water polo scholarship required spend week offices received work experience trader foreign exchange tall weighs kilograms right handed tattoo left ankle cherry represents family water polo centre forward prefers wear cap number started playing sport year old olympic gold medalist school water polo coach try sport held scholarship water polo represented new_south_wales national championships team came leading goal scorer named player tournament victory contributing factors getting junior national team represented new_south_wales member team national championships team took home gold victory western_australia scored goals match win fourth final national championship win shortly eldest sister death seriously injured shoulder gym required reconstruction surgery result unable compete water polo months club water polo plays club water polo member team club season started february member team helped win games season took break team following february game order attend national team training camp game break tigers play injury junior national team represented australia junior national level team teams toured united_states europe member junior national world championships portugal took home gold senior national team member australia women national water polo team competed tournament united_states senior injured australian finished world league super finals russia major tournament senior world championships australia finished sixth named team australian player tournament major international tournament team member squad competed world cup new_zealand took home silver medal australian won silver medal cup june game medal played women national water polo team match scored goals canada cup scored goal period gold medal match china australian team ended winning represented australia world championships competed pan pacific championships january australian early survived cut players team compete olympics selection narrowed nineteen players february named final training squad summer olympics attended training camp started february team seventeen players cut thirteen team departs olympic games announcement june squad competed game test great_britain late february team matches great_britain national team years game test series february australia won scored goal awards awarded grand slam international outstanding achievement award opportunity meet
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