Anna Crowley
{{short description|New Zealand field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Anna Crowley
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2000|02|08}}
| birth_place = New Plymouth, New Zealand
| relatives = {{ubl|Kieran Crowley (uncle)|Casey Crowley (cousin)}}
| module = {{Infobox field hockey player | embed = yes
| position = Defence
| years1 = 2022–
| clubs1 = Wellington
| years2 = 2024–
| clubs2 = Reading
| nationalyears1 = 2022–
| nationalteam1 = New Zealand U–21
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2022–
| nationalteam2 = New Zealand
| nationalcaps2 = 23
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}
{{MedalCountry|{{NZL}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIH Nations Cup}}
{{MedalGold|2024–25 Santiago|}}
}}
}}
Anna Crowley (born 8 February 2000) is a New Zealand field hockey player.
Personal life
Crowley was born on 8 February 2000 in New Plymouth, and grew up there.{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1388/reports/teams |title=Team Details – New Zealand |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=29 August 2023}}{{cite web |title=Anna Crowley |url=https://blacksticksnz.co.nz/women_team/anna-crowley/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206033552/https://blacksticksnz.co.nz/women_team/anna-crowley/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 February 2023 |publisher=Hockey New Zealand |website=blacksticksnz.co.nz |accessdate=23 August 2023 |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/anna-crowley |title=Anna Crowley |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |website=olympic.org.nz |access-date=29 August 2023}} She is the daughter of Alan Crowley, who played representative rugby union for {{Rut|Taranaki}}, the niece of rugby union coach and former player Kieran Crowley, and the cousin of Casey Crowley, who is also a member of the Black Sticks.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/300533576/crowley-name-now-common-in-hockey-as-well-as-rugby |title=Crowley name now common in hockey as well as rugby |publisher=stuff |website=stuff.co.nz |accessdate=29 August 2023}}
Career
=Under–21=
Crowley made her international debut for New Zealand at Under–21 level. She represented the junior squad in a 2019 Tri–Nations Tournament in Canberra.{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/24594 |title=CROWLEY Anna |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=29 August 2023}}
=Black Sticks=
In 2021, Crowley received her first call up to the national squad.{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/sport/123751141/taranaki-hockey-player-anna-crowley-gets-black-sticks-callup |title=Taranaki hockey player Anna Crowley gets Black Sticks call-up |publisher=stuff |website=stuff.co.nz |accessdate=29 August 2023}}
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Crowley was unable to make her debut for the national team in 2021. She was named in the national squad again in 2022, which eventually lead to her international debut. She made her first international appearance against Australia during the Trans–Tasman Series in Auckland. Following her debut, Crowley was named in the squads for the FIH World Cup in Terrassa and Amsterdam, as well as the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.{{cite web |url=https://blacksticksnz.co.nz/news_events/womens-world-cup-squad-announced/ |title=WOMEN'S WORLD CUP SQUAD ANNOUNCED |publisher=Hockey New Zealand |website=blacksticksnz.co.nz |accessdate=23 August 2023}}
Crowley continued representing the Black Sticks into 2023, appearing during season four of the FIH Pro League.{{cite web |url=https://blacksticksnz.co.nz/news_events/black-sticks-women-name-squad-for-wellington/ |title=BLACK STICKS WOMEN NAME SQUAD FOR WELLINGTON |publisher=Hockey New Zealand |website=blacksticksnz.co.nz |accessdate=23 August 2023}}
At the end of the 2024 season, she joined Reading Hockey Club.{{cite web|url=https://thetopofthed.com/2024/09/20/england-hockey-league-womens-premier-division-summer-transfers/ |title=England Hockey League Women's Premier Division: Summer Transfers |website=The Top of the D |date=20 September 2024 |access-date=7 May 2025}} During the 2024–25 Women's England Hockey League season she was part of the Reading team that won the league title.{{cite web|url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2025/05/05/england-hockey-finals-reading-women-and-surbiton-men-land-surprise-titles |title=England Hockey Finals: Reading women and Surbiton men land surprise titles|website=The Hockey Paper |date=5 May 2025 |access-date=7 May 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{Sports links}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|59068}}
{{2022 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
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Category:New Zealand female field hockey players
Category:Female field hockey defenders
Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for New Zealand
Category:Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games