Fiona Crawford
Encyclopedia
Fiona Crawford is a softball
player from Australia
, who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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In addition to training with the national team, Crawford works as a human resources manager. In 2004, she received a 2004 Australian Institute of Sport Vocational Achievement Award. In 2005, she received an award for Human Resources Manager of the Year from the Australian Hotels Association.
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
player from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
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In addition to training with the national team, Crawford works as a human resources manager. In 2004, she received a 2004 Australian Institute of Sport Vocational Achievement Award. In 2005, she received an award for Human Resources Manager of the Year from the Australian Hotels Association.