Gemma Beadsworth
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Gemma Jane Beadsworth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Perth, Western Australia | 17 July 1987||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Water polo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Women's team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Fremantle Marlins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Gemma Jane Beadsworth (born 17 July 1987) is an Australian water polo centre forward. She plays for the Fremantle Marlins in the National Water Polo League. She has represented Australia at three Olympic Games and won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She has also won a silver medal at the 2007 World Championship, a gold medal at the 2006 World Cup and a silver medal at the 2010 World Cup.
Personal life
Gemma Beadsworth was born on 17 July 1987 in
Water polo
Beadsworth plays water polo and is centre forward.[9] As of 2012[update], she is a member of the Australia women's national water polo team, of which she was the team captain in 2011.[10] She has had a water polo scholarship from the Western Australian Institute of Sport.[11] She currently holds a water polo scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport.[12]
Club water polo
In 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012, she played for the
Junior national team
Beadsworth has represented Australia on the junior national level. In 2004, she was a member of the team that toured Europe in July and August.
Olympics
This section needs to be updated.(March 2024) |
As a 20-year-old,[6] Beadsworth was one of four women from Western Australia who were members of the 2008 Summer Olympics squad.[6] In the opening game of pool play, in which Australia beat Greece 8–6, she scored four goals.[23] Her team ended up in the bronze medal match after losing 8–9 to the United States in the semi-finals and playing against Hungary for the bronze.[24]
Other national team appearances
This section needs to be updated.(March 2024) |
Beadsworth represented Australia at the 2005 World Championships held in Canada. She scored a goal in Australia 9–2 semi-final win over the Netherlands.
Beadsworth competed in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in January 2012 for the Australian Stingers.[36] She played in the round robin match against the Australian Barbarians and was an important factor for the team during the second and third periods, helping the team to be 6–1 at the end of the third period.[9] She played in the game where the Stingers beat Brazil 20–2, and scored three goals in the Stingers' 8–7 win over the United States.[37] She was part of the Stingers squad that competed in a five-game test against Great Britain at the Australian Institute of Sport aquatic centre in Canberra in late February 2012. These were the team's first matches against Great Britain's national team in six years.[38] In the first game of the test series on 21 February 2012 she scored one of the goals in Australia's 13–5 victory.[39] The Australian team went on to win all five of the matches in the test.[40]
See also
- Australia women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
- List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments
- List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
- ^ "Profile: Gemma Beadsworth". Australian Water Polo Inc. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ "Gemma Beadsworth". Athletes Profile. Yahoo 7 Sport. Archived from the original on 10 August 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gemma Beadsworth". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ "AIS Women's Water Polo – Gemma Beadsworth". Australian Sports Commission: London Bound 2012. Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ "Final Aussie Stingers Olympic train on Squad Announced". Au.ibtimes.com. 6 February 2012. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Beadsworth primed". Western Suburbs Weekly. Perth, Western Australia. 15 July 2008. p. 71.
- ^ "An Olympic-size inspiration". Western Suburbs Weekly. Perth, Western Australia. 9 August 2011. p. 5.
- ^ "Beadsworth is back and in form". Western Suburbs Weekly. Perth, Western Australia. 3 April 2007. p. 70. CWS_T-20070403-070-170045. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Bulletin Wire: Aussies undefeated in water polo Pan Pacs". Bulletin Wire. Australia: Financial Times Limited – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 12 January 2012. WBLW93946038.
- ^ a b "AUSSIE FIGHTBACK". The Gold Coast Bulletin. Gold Coast, Australia. 2 June 2011. p. 40. GCB_T-20110602-B-040-849397. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "AAP News: Water Polo Team Australian Women". AAP News. Australia: Financial Times Limited – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 14 May 2010. WAAP78793873. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ Australian Institute of Sport. "AIS Women's Water Polo – Gemma Beadsworth". Canberra, Australia. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ a b Australian Water Polo Inc. "Australian Water Polo Inc.: Fremantle women". Sydney, Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Australian Water Polo Inc. (2007). "Australian Water Polo Inc.: Fre w". Sydney, Australia. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Australian women's water polo team named". Canberratimes.com.au. 12 May 2008. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ Australian Water Polo Inc. (1 March 2012). "2012 NWPL Week 6: Sterk and Beadsworth to bring up milestones". Sydney, Australia: Australian Water Polo Inc. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ Australian Water Polo Inc. (2004). "2004 Australian Women's Teams". Sydney, Australia. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ Australian Water Polo Inc. (2005). "2005 Australian Women's Teams". Sydney, Australia. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ Australian Water Polo Inc. (2009). "Australian Water Polo Inc.: Junior Women Squad". Sydney, Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "WA girls help net gold". Fremantle-Cockburn Gazette. Perth, Western Australia. 14 August 2007. p. 69. CFG_T-20070814-069-169086. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ "Glencora making waves in polo". Southern Gazette. Perth, Western Australia. 14 August 2007. p. 62. CSG_T-20070814-062-162037. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ "Australian Water Polo Inc.: Ralph, Glencora". Sydney, Australia: Australian Water Polo. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ "AAP News: Wpo: Beadsworth stars on debut". AAP News. Australia: Financial Times Information Limited – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 11 August 2008. WAAP66076905. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Knox looks to bronze in Beijing". City North News. Brisbane, Australia. 21 August 2008. p. 1. CNN_T-20080821-1-001-017618. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ "Breaker finds feet in national team". City North News. Brisbane, Australia. 28 July 2005. p. 50. CNN_T-20050728-1-050-542712. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ "KEEP IT BRIEF". Herald Sun. Melbourne, Australia. 4 June 2007. p. 58. DHS_T-20070604-1-058-700224. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ "Stingers beat China in pre-Olympic game". Canberratimes.com.au. 22 May 2008. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ Prentice, Andrew (13 February 2010). "Emily joins the Stingers --- Laying down law in camp". Manly Daily. Sydney, Australia. p. 82. MAN_T-20100213-1-082-223031. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ Australian Water Polo Inc. (2012). "Australian Female Teams". Sydney, Australia. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ "AAP News: WPOL:Australia v US in women's final". AAP News. Australia: Financial Times Limited – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 21 August 2010. WAAP80888188.
- ^ Forrest, Brad (17 August 2010). "'Ticker' gets team a big win". St. George and Sutherland Shire Leader. New South Wales, Australia. 1915382. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "Canberra Times: Aussies hoping to bring US down". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Limited – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 20 April 2011. WCTS86960225. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "Canberra Times: SCOREBOARD". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. Financial Times Limited – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 6 July 2011. WCTS88924540.
- ^ "AAP News: WPOL:Stingers squad named for worlds". AAP News. Australia: Financial Times Limited – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 5 July 2011. WAAP88910998.
- ^ "AAP News: WPOL:Stingers dish out Uzbek hiding". AAP News. Australia: Financial Times Limited – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 21 July 2011. WAAP89326891.
- ^ Packwood, David (1 January 2012). "London looms as a splash and grab job – – COUNTRY SPORT". The Sunday Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. p. 073.
- ^ Paxinos, Stathi (12 January 2012). "First blood to Stingers". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. p. 8.
- ^ Tuxworth, Jon (21 February 2012). "Stinger survivors in the swim for third Olympics". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. p. 19.
- ^ "Scoreboard". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia. 22 February 2012. p. 19.
- ^ "Australia v Great Britain Test Series: Stingers wrap up series". Australian Water Polo Inc. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
External links
- Gemma Beadsworth at World Aquatics
- Gemma Beadsworth at Olympics.com
- Gemma Beadsworth at Olympedia
- Gemma Beadsworth at the Australian Olympic Committee