Glencora Ralph
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Birth name | Glencora Ralph | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Geraldton, Western Australia | 8 August 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Women's team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Melville WPC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | Fremantle Marlins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Glencora McGhie (
Personal life
Ralph was born on 8 August 1988 in
Water polo
Ralph took up water polo at the age of thirteen, with her first competition being the Melville Flippaball Competition.[3] She has a water polo scholarship from the Western Australian Institute of Sport.[2][7][8] She plays in the centre back/driver positions and prefers to wear cap number eight.[3] As a young player, she would get up at 4 am to get to the pool to train.[3]
Club water polo
Ralph's water polo club is
Junior national team
Ralph has represented Australia on the junior national level. She was a member of the junior national side at the 2007 FINA U20 World Championships in
Senior national team
Ralph is a member of the
She played in the game where Australia beat Greece by a score of 11–7. She scored twice for the team during the third period.[17][18] She competed Australia's 10–8 defeat of Russia. In the third quarter of the match, she scored two goals.[19] At the 2011 Canada Cup, she scored s goal in the first period in the gold medal match against China that the Australian team ended up winning. She was named a member of the All Star team for the 2011 Canada Cup.[1] In July 2011, she was a member of the Australian Stingers that competed in the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai as a field player.[20] In preparation for this tournament, she attended a team training camp in Perth, Western Australia.[21] She competed in the Pan Pacific Championships in January 2012 for the Australian Stingers.[22]
In 2012, she was part of the Stingers squad that competed in a five-game test against Great Britain at the
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
- ^ a b c "Aussie Stingers finish Canada Cup undefeated after claiming gold over China : News Centre : Australian Sports Commission". Ausport.gov.au. 20 December 2011. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ a b "London 2012 – Stingers announce 2012 senior squad". Australian Olympic Committee London 2012. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Australian Water Polo Inc.: Ralph, Glencora". Sydney, Australia: Australian Water Polo. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ a b c "Glencora making waves in polo". Southern Gazette. Perth, Western Australia. 14 August 2007. p. 62. CSG_T-20070814-062-162037. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Glencora McGhie". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Southern makes Stingers". Innisfail Advocate. Australia. 18 August 2010. p. 16.
- ^ a b "Barracudas bite Sharks". St. George and Sutherland Shire Leader. New South Wales, Australia. 12 May 2010. 757ca72fb9ed2bde676abad17e71de2b18f8a3.
- ^ 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 Water Polo Inc. (2010). "Fremantle women". Sydney, Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Australian Water Polo Inc. "Australian Water Polo Inc.: Fremantle women". Sydney, Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Australian Water Polo Inc. (2009). "Australian Water Polo Inc.: Junior Women Squad". Sydney, Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ MATP (3 December 2006). "WATER POLO – New pair to make splash". The Sunday Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. p. 77. STE_T-20061203-1-077-660221. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ "Canberra Times: SCOREBOARD". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia: Financial Times Limited – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 15 May 2010. WCTS78802884. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "WATER POLO". The Advertiser. Adelaide, Australia. 21 August 2010. p. 098. ADV_T-20100821-2-098-000651.
- ^ "McFadden forgives sluggish Stingers". The Advertiser. Adelaide, Australia. 20 August 2010. p. 95. ADV_T-20100820-1-095-835816.
- ^ "Aussie water polo team beat Russia". The Age. Australia. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 2 March 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.
- ^ Packwood, David (1 January 2012). "London looms as a splash and grab job – – COUNTRY SPORT". The Sunday Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. p. 073.
- ^ Tuxworth, Jon (21 February 2012). "Stinger survivors in the swim for third Olympics". The Canberra Times. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. p. 19.
- ^ Brinsden, Colin (15 February 2012). "Powerhouse attacking shot recognised internationally". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ "Glencora Ralph-McGhie". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Australian water polo players in the Olympic Games". www.olympiandatabase.com. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Annual Report (PDF) (Report). Australian Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Sydney golden girls help announce Rio women's water polo team". Australian Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ Result Book - Water Polo 6-20 August 2016 (Report). International Olympic Committee. 2016. pp. 136–137. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
External links
- Glencora Ralph at Olympics.com
- Glencora Ralph at Olympedia
- Glencora Ralph at the Australian Olympic Committee