Kobie Mcgurk


Country
Birth date
Age
20/08/1985 - COLLIE (AUS) 
27
Height
Weight
Gender
168 cm / 5'6" 
64 kg / 141 lbs 
F
Sport
Team
McGURK Kobie

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RankEventYearLocation
Olympic Games
5Women2008Beijing, CHN
World Cup
2Women2006Madrid, ESP
5Women2010Rosario, ARG
Champions Trophy
6Women2011Amstelveen, NED
Oceania Cup
2Women2011Hobart, TAS, AUS

Nickname

Kobes (voodoo-hockey.com.au, 23 Nov 2011)

Hobbies

Cooking, beach, family and friends, coffee, running and riding. (ausport.gov.au, 04 May 2010)

Occupation

Teacher

Education

Education, Sports Science - Edith Cowan University / University of Western Australia, Australia

Language(s) spoken

English

Club name

Curtin Trinity Pirates, Perth, WA, AUS

Coach

Adam Commens [national] (AUS) from 2011 (Athlete, 03 Jul 2011)

Position and style

Defence (hockey.org.au, 31 Oct 2010)

Handedness

Right (wais.org, 17 Mar 2010)

Sporting relatives

She represented Western Australia in athletics. (sallycarbon.com.au, 31 Mar 2010)

Other sports

Her grandmother Louise Holmes played hockey for Australia. (olympics.com.au, 17 Aug 2010)

Debut

2005 for Australia, against Canada, Exhibition Match (Athlete, 03 Jul 2011)

Injuries

She suffered stress fractures in her foot that meant she couldn't compete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. (perthnow.com.au, 05 Feb 2011)

She suffered a right quadriceps tear during speed training in 2005 and fractured the fifth metatarsal in her left foot during a club game in Perth in 2007. She also seriously injured her knee playing for her club in 2009. (olympics.org.au, 17 Aug 2010, theage.com.au, 18 Apr 2010)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She began playing hockey in primary school.
(Athlete, 03 Jul 2011)

Reason for taking up this sport
Her mother and both her sisters played so she followed in their footsteps. (Athlete, 03 Jul 2011)

Ambitions
To win Olympic gold. (ausport.gov.au, 04 May 2010)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and representing Australia in the Beijing Olympic Games. (Athlete, 03 Jul 2011)

Hero
Australian rules footballer Chris Judd and Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (Athlete, 03 Jul 2011)

Most influential person in career
Her family. (Athlete, 03 Jul 2011)

Superstitions / Rituals
She always puts her left shoe on first. (hockey.org.au, 03 Jul 2011)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"Quality, intensity, intent and purpose equals performance." (Athlete, 03 Jul 2011)

Awards
She was selected in the 2011 FIH All-Star team. (hockey.org.au, 09 Jan 2012)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008


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