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}}

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