Andrea Rushton
Encyclopedia
Andrea Rushton is a field hockey
player from Canada
, who was selected in the Junior Women's National Team for the 1999 National Camp and series against The United States Junior Team.
Rushton is a defence player, who first started playing hockey in 1987 in Victoria Junior Development Program.
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, who was selected in the Junior Women's National Team for the 1999 National Camp and series against The United States Junior Team.
Rushton is a defence player, who first started playing hockey in 1987 in Victoria Junior Development Program.
International Senior Tournaments
- 2001 – Americas Cup, Jamaica (3rd)
- 2001 – World Cup Qualifier, Amiens/Abbeville, France (10th)
- 2002 – Commonwealth Games2002 Commonwealth GamesThe 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
, Manchester (7th) - 2003 – Pan American GamesPan American GamesThe Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...
, Santo Domingo (5th) - 2004 – Pan Am Cup, Bridegtown, Barbados (3rd)
- 2006 – Commonwealth Games2006 Commonwealth GamesThe 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
, Melbourne, Australia (8th) - 2007 – Pan American GamesField hockey at the 2007 Pan American GamesField Hockey at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Field Hockey Centre at the Círculo Militar Deodoro. The field was adapted from a football field specially for the Games....
, Rio de Janeiro (5th)