Hope Munro
Encyclopedia
Hope Munro is a field hockey
midfielder from Australia
, who played for the Australian women's national team, the Hockeyroos
at the 2008 Summer Olympics
in Beijing
. Munro currently lives in Perth, Western Australia
with her husband and children. Her younger brother Kiel Brown
plays for the Australian men's team, the Kookaburras.
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...
midfielder 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 played for the Australian women's national team, the Hockeyroos
Hockeyroos
The Australia women's national field hockey team are Australia's national women's hockey team.Having played their first game in 1914,they are one of Australia’s most successful sporting teams, boasting three Olympic Gold...
at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
. Munro currently lives in Perth, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
with her husband and children. Her younger brother Kiel Brown
Kiel Brown
Kiel Brown is a field hockey midfielder from Australia, who won a gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 2008 Champions Trophy in Rotterdam and has been selected for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...
plays for the Australian men's team, the Kookaburras.