Mariah Williams

Mariah Williams (born 31 May 1995)[1] is an Australian field hockey player.[2] She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Mariah Williams
Personal information
Full name Mariah Alice Williams
Born (1995-05-31) 31 May 1995
Parkes, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Playing position Attacker
Club information
Current club NSW Arrows
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Australia U21 13 (4)
2013– Australia 81 (15)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Australia
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2022 Terrassa/Amstelveen
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2022 BirminghamTeam
FIH Pro League
Silver medal – second place2019
Bronze medal – third place2022–23
Oceania Cup
Gold medal – first place2015 Stratford
Gold medal – first place2023 Whangārei
Silver medal – second place2019 Rockhampton
Junior World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2016 Santiago

Personal life

Williams was born and raised in Parkes, New South Wales.[3]

She plays national representative hockey for her home state. She also featured as the a headline player for New South Wales in the launch of their new premier team, NSW Pride, which will compete in the inaugural Hockey One league in 2019.[4]

In 2017, Williams was honoured by her home town council after a new synthetic hockey pitch was named after her.[5]

Career

Junior national team

Williams first played for the 'Jillaroos' team in 2013, at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in January.[6] Williams again represented the team at the Junior Oceania Cup in February, which qualified the team for the 2013 Junior World Cup.[7]

Williams made her last appearance for the Jillaroos in 2016, where she captained the team to a bronze medal at the Junior World Cup.[8]

Senior national team

Williams made her senior international debut in April 2013, in a test series against Korea in Perth, Western Australia.[9]

In 2017, Williams was forced to miss numerous competitions due to ongoing injury to her adductor. The injury ultimately ruled her out for almost two years.[10][11]

Williams made her return to the senior national team in February 2019, in the inaugural tournament of the FIH Pro League, where Australia finished second.[12]

Following her return to international hockey in the FIH Pro League, Williams was named in the Oceania Cup squad. At the tournament Williams scored one goal, and Australia finished in second place.[13]

Williams qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was part of the Hockeyroos Olympics squad. The Hockeyroos lost 1–0 to India in the quarterfinals and therefore were not in medal contention.[14]

International goals

Goal		 Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
125 January 2014Hartleyvale Stadium, Stellenbosch, South Africa South Africa2–04–1Test Match[15]
25 April 2015Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia China1–13–2[16]
34 July 2015KHC Dragons, Antwerp, Belgium New Zealand3–04–22014–15 HWL Semifinals[17]
422 October 2015TET MultiSports Centre, Stratford, New Zealand Samoa25–025–02015 Oceania Cup[18]
512 February 2016Bunbury Hockey Stadium, Bunbury, Australia Great Britain3–24–3Test Match[19]
626 June 2016Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London, England United States1–02–2
(0–1)		2016 Champions Trophy[20]
713 August 2016Olympic Hockey Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Japan1–02–02016 Olympic Games[21]
89 February 2019Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart, Australia China1–04–32019 FIH Pro League[22]
916 February 2019Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia Great Britain2–03–0[23]
102 March 2019Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia United States2–12–1[24]
119 June 2019Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London, England Great Britain4–04–2[25]
1229 June 2019Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen, Netherlands Netherlands1–02–2
(3–4)		[26]
138 September 2019Kalka Shades Hockey Fields, Rockhampton, Australia New Zealand1–01–12019 Oceania Cup[27]
1426 October 2019Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia Russia2–05–0FIH Olympic Qualifiers[28]
155–0

References
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  2. "Mariah Williams". Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  3. "Mariah Williams". olympic.org. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  4. "Williams to join NSW Pride in newly announced national Hockey One competition". womenschronicle.com. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  5. "Mariah Williams Field Officially Opened". parkes.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  6. "WILLIAMS Mariah". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  7. "U21 Men and Women Crowned Oceania Continental Federation Champions". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  8. "Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  9. "Four players to debut for Hockeyroos". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  10. "Changes to Hockeyroos World League Semifinal team". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  11. "Hockeyroos Make Two Changes For Japan Test Series". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  12. "WILLIAMS Mariah". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  13. "Hockeyroos team announced for crucial Olympic qualifiers". Hockey Australia. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  14. "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  15. "South Africa 1–4 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  16. "Australia 3–2 China". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  17. "Australia 4–2 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  18. "Australia 25–0 Samoa". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  19. "Australia 4–3 Great Britain". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  20. "Australia 2–2 (0–1) United States". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  21. "Australia 2–0 Japan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  22. "Australia 4–3 China". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  23. "Australia 3–0 Great Britain". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  24. "Australia 2–1 United States". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  25. "Great Britain 2–4 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  26. "Netherlands 2–2 Australia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  27. "Australia 1–1 New Zealand". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  28. "Australia 5–0 Russia". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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