Audrey Sawers
Canadian field hockey player
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Audrey Joan Sawers (born 22 November 1999)[1] is a field hockey player from Canada.[2][3]
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| Full name | Audrey Joan Sawers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 November 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Personal life
Audrey Sawers was born in Vancouver, and grew up in the suburb of North Vancouver.[2][4]
She studied at Lafayette College.[5]
Field hockey
Domestic
Sawers is currently playing in the Irish Hockey League for the Ulster University Elks.[6]
International
Sawers made her senior international debut in 2021. She earned her first cap in a test match against the United States in Charlotte.[7]
In 2022 she was a member of Canada's historic bronze medal-winning team at the Pan American Cup in Santiago. The bronze medal secured Canada's qualification to the FIH World Cup for the first time in 28 years.[8] Sawers went on to compete at the FIH World Cup held in Terrassa and Amsterdam, with the squad ultimately finishing in last place.[7] She also went on to represent Team Canada at the XXII Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[9]
She competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago.[10]
In 2024 she was a member of the Canadian squad that failed to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics at the FIH Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia.[11][12] She returned to Spain later in the year to compete at the 2023–24 FIH Nations Cup in Terrassa.[7]
Controversies
International goals
The following is a list of goals scored by Sawers at international level.[7]
| Goal | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 30 October 2023 | Centro de Hockey Césped Claudia Schüler, Santiago, Chile |  Mexico | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2023 Pan American Games | [14] |
| 2 | 18 January 2024 | Estadio Beteró, Valencia, Spain |  Ukraine | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2024 FIH Olympic Qualifiers | [15] |