Karri Somerville

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Karri Somerville

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|4|7}}

| birth_place = Kensington, Western Australia, Australia

| height =

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Perth Thundersticks

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| nationalyears1 = 2016–

| nationalteam1 = Australia U–21

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2018–

| nationalteam2 = Australia Indoor

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 1

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Karri Somerville (born 7 April 1999){{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/16564 |title=SOMERVILLE Karri |publisher=FIH |accessdate=10 July 2019}} is an Australian field hockey player.{{cite web |url=https://hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com/people/1426 |title=SOMERVILLE Karri |publisher=hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com |accessdate=10 July 2019}}

Personal life

Karri Somerville was born in Kensington, Western Australia.{{cite web |url=http://www.hockey.org.au/News/junior-world-cup-squad-announcement |title=Junior World Cup Squad Announcement |publisher=Hockey Australia |accessdate=10 July 2019}} She was a student at All Saint's College in Bull Creek, Western Australia, from where she graduated in 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.communitynews.com.au/melville-times/sport/all-saints-college-student-selected-for-australia-hockey-junior-world-cup-squad/ |title=All Saints' College student selected for Australia Hockey Junior World Cup squad |date=2 November 2016 |publisher=All Saint's College |accessdate=10 July 2019}}

Somerville is a current scholarship holder at the Western Australian Institute of Sport.{{cite web |url=http://wais.org.au/other/news_detail.php?id=9922 |title=WA Talent Selected in Hockey Australia Development Squads |publisher=WAIS |accessdate=10 July 2019}}

Career

=Junior=

In 2016, Somerville was a member of the Australian women's junior national team 'The Jillaroos' that won bronze at the 2016 Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile.{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/teams/3073#players |title=Australia |publisher=FIH |accessdate=10 July 2019}}

=Indoor=

Somerville made her debut for the Australian indoor hockey team in 2018, at the Indoor World Cup in Berlin, Germany. At the tournament, Australia finished in 6th place, and Somerville scored once throughout the competition.{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/789 |title=Indoor Hockey World Cup 2018 (Women) |publisher=FIH |accessdate=10 July 2019}}

=Senior=

While Somerville has not yet debuted for the Hockeyroos, she is currently a member of the national development squad.{{cite web |url=http://www.hockey.org.au/News/mens-womens-national-development-squads-named-for-2019-1 |title=Men's & Women's National Development Squads Named For 2019 |publisher=Hockey Australia |accessdate=10 July 2019}}

Somerville qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was part of the Hockeyroos Olympics squad. The Hockeyroos lost 1–0 to India in the quarterfinals and therefore were not in medal contention.{{Cite web|title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021|url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/|access-date=2022-02-13|website=The Roar|language=en-US}}