Aleisha Power
{{Short description|Australian field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Aleisha Power
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1997|01|01}}
| birth_place = Northam, Australia
| height =
| position = Goalkeeper
| clubs1 = WA Diamonds
| years1 = 2015–2018
| caps1 = 21
| goals1 = 0
| clubs2 = Perth Thundersticks
| years2 = 2019–
| caps2 = 7
| goals2 = 0
| clubnumber =
| nationalyears1 = 2015–2016
| nationalteam1 = Australia U–21
| nationalcaps1 = 14
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2017–
| nationalteam2 = Australia
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}
{{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Terrassa/Amstelveen|}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIH Pro League}}
{{MedalBronze|Season Four|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIH Junior World Cup}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 Santiago|}}
}}
Aleisha Power (born 1 January 1997){{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/584/reports/teams |title=Team Details – Australia |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=10 June 2021}} is an Australian field hockey player, who plays as a goalkeeper.{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey.org.au/player-profiles/aleisha-power/ |title=Aleisha Power |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockey.org.au |accessdate=10 June 2021}}
Personal life
Aleisha Power was born and raised in Northam, Western Australia.
Career
=Domestic hockey=
==Australian Hockey League==
From 2015 until the league's dissolution in 2018, Power was a member of the WA Diamonds squad in the Australian Hockey League (AHL).{{cite web |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/eastern-reporter/maylands-goalkeeper-aleisha-power-brought-to-tears-by-first-hockeyroos-call-up-c-829737 |title=Maylands goalkeeper Aleisha Power brought to tears by first Hockeyroos call-up |publisher=Perth Now |website=perthnow.com.au |date=29 October 2017 |accessdate=10 June 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/people/250 |title=POWER Aleisha |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/ |accessdate=10 June 2021}}
==Hockey One==
In 2019, Hockey Australia introduced the Sultana Bran Hockey One, a new premier domestic hockey competition to replace the AHL.{{cite web |url=https://hockeyone.com.au/player/aleisha-power/ |title=Aleisha Power |publisher=Hockey One |website=hockeyone.com.au |accessdate=10 June 2021}} Power was named in the Perth Thundersticks team for the inaugural season of the league, where she appeared in all six games.
=Australia=
==Under–21==
Aleisha Power was first named in the Australia U–21 squad in 2015.{{cite web |title=Women's Junior Squad named |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331030247/http://www.hockey.org.au/News/womens-junior-squad-named |url=http://www.hockey.org.au/News/womens-junior-squad-named |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 March 2015 |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockey.org.au |accessdate=10 June 2021}} She made her first appearance for the team later that year, in a series of test matches against Argentina in Buenos Aires.{{cite web |title=U21 Jillaroos go down to Argentina |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307164621/http://www.hockey.org.au/News/u21-jillaroos-go-down-to-argentina |url=http://www.hockey.org.au/News/u21-jillaroos-go-down-to-argentina |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 March 2016 |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockey.org.au |accessdate=10 June 2021}}
In 2016, she was a member of the team at the Junior Oceania Cup on the Gold Coast.{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/13894 |title=POWER Aleisha |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=10 June 2021}} She followed this up with a bronze medal appearance at the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago.{{cite web |url=https://www.farmweekly.com.au/story/4394831/northam-girl-secures-bronze/ |title=Northam girl secures bronze |publisher=Farm Weekly |website=farmweekly.com.au |date=10 January 2017 |accessdate=10 June 2021}}
At the Junior World Cup, Power was awarded Goalkeeper of the Tournament.{{cite web |url=http://fih.ch/events/hockey-junior-world-cup/2016-junior-women-world-cup/news/argentina-win-womens-hockey-junior-world-cup-2016/ |title=Argentina win women's Hockey Junior World Cup 2016 |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=fih.ch |accessdate=10 June 2021}}
==Hockeyroos==
Power made her Hockeyroos debut in 2017, during a test series against Japan in Adelaide.{{cite web |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/eastern-reporter/hockeyroos-goalkeeper-aleisha-power-thrilled-with-international-debut-c-832331 |title=Hockeyroos goalkeeper Aleisha Power thrilled with international debut |publisher=Perth Now |website=perthnow.com.au |date=24 November 2017 |accessdate=10 June 2021}}
She didn't make another appearance for the team until 2021, when she was named in the Hockeyroos squad for the first time.{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey.org.au/news/hockeyroos-squad-finalised/ |title=Hockeyroos squad finalised |publisher=Hockey Australia |website=hockey.org.au |accessdate=10 June 2021}}
References
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External links
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- {{Commonwealth Games Australia|aleisha-power}}
- {{Hockey Australia|aleisha-power|id2=250}}
{{Australia FHW Squad 2016 Hockey Junior World Cup}}
{{Australia FHW Squad 2022 World Cup}}
{{Australia FHW Squad 2022 Commonwealth Games}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Power, Aleisha}}
Category:Australian female field hockey players
Category:Female field hockey goalkeepers
Category:Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportswomen from Western Australia
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey
Category:Sportspeople from Northam, Western Australia
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
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