LYNCH Rachael Anne

Date of Birth: 2 Jul 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Female

Place of birth: MELBOURNE, VIC

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : PERTH, WA

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Hockey	Women AUS Australia	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool B #W04 AUS Australia 3 ESP Spain 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool B #W08 AUS Australia 6 CHN China 0	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool B #W17 JPN Japan 0 AUS Australia 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool B #W22 NZL New Zealand 0 AUS Australia 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool B #W27 ARG Argentina 0 AUS Australia 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Quarter-final #W34 AUS Australia 0 IND India 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2014	The Hague, NED
4	Women	2018	London, GBR
5	Women	2010	Rosario, ARG

FIH Pro League

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019
5	Women	2020

Champions Trophy

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2018	Changzhou, CHN

Oceania Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2017	Sydney, NSW, AUS
2	Women	2019	Rockhampton, QLD, AUS

Junior, Rach (Facebook profile, 27 Aug 2019; rachaellynch.com.au, 03 Feb 2014)

Occupation:

Athlete, Business Owner, Coach, Nurse

Nursing - Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, AUS

Languages spoken:

HC Melbourne [Australia]

Tim Strapp [club]; Katrina Powell [national], AUS

Position style:

Goalkeeper (Twitter profile, 05 Jul 2016)

Right (Athlete, 31 Jul 2009)

Other sports:

She has played softball at state level in Australia. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2009)

2006 for Australia Against England, Champions Trophy in Netherlands (rachaellynch.com.au, 04 Jul 2015)

National league:

Hockey One [AUS] (hockeyone.com.au, 16 Nov 2019)

She first joined a hockey club at age 12 in Victoria, Australia. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2009; rachaellynch.com.au, 01 Aug 2015)

"Hockey came into my life when my grade six teacher encouraged me to try it. They had some gear at the school and I played goalkeeper and as a field player. Shortly afterwards, I tried out for the state team as both and they selected me as a goalie and it went from there. I suppose I kind of just fell into it." (athletesvoice.com.au, 15 Mar 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (thewomensgame.com, 17 Mar 2019)

Winning gold at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games. (athletesvoice.com.au, 15 Mar 2019)

Australian hockey player Rachel Imison. (athletesvoice.com.au, 15 Mar 2019)

Philosophy:

"If it doesn't hurt, it doesn't work." (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 01 Jan 2016)

She was named 2019 International Hockey Federation [FIH] Goalkeeper of the Year. (stompgoalkeeping.com.au, 14 Feb 2020)

She was named Goalkeeper of the Tournament at the 2019 Pro League Finals in Amstelveen, Netherlands. (stompgoalkeeping.com.au, 14 Feb 2020)

She was named Goalkeeper of the Tournament at the 2014 World Cup in the Netherlands. (hockey.org,au, 01 Aug 2014)

General Interest

General
BALANCE
She feels the balance provided by her work as a neurological rehabilitation nurse enhances her performances as a hockey player. "I have been working for the majority of my career and, in the two years I took off work, I had my worst years of hockey performance. Mentally, I am much better when I have work-life balance. I like to be able to switch off and keep perspective on things. When I just concentrate on hockey I end up thinking too much and putting too much pressure on myself. I love my job as a nurse and honestly feel it helps me play better." (athletesvoice.com.au, 15 Mar 2019; sbs.com.au, 04 Jul 2016)

TRAINING PROGRAMME
She is the founder of 'Stomp Goalkeeping', a guided goalkeeper training programme. "As a specialised position and minority in a team of 16, training is often focused on field players. My dream is for all goalkeepers to feel empowered, supported and to get the targeted training they need and deserve." (stompgoalkeeping.com.au, 14 Feb 2020)

AMBASSADOR
She has served as an ambassador for 'RUOK? Day' ran by the RUOK? charity focused on suicide prevention in Australia. She has undertaken fundraising challenges for the charity including hiking in Papua New Guinea and cycling long distances in Australia. (stompgoalkeeping.com.au, 14 Feb 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/rach.lynch.1
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/stompgoalkeeping
https://instagram.com/rachlynch/
https://twitter.com/RachLynch27
Athlete Website: http://www.rachaellynch.com.au/
Athlete Website 2: https://www.stompgoalkeeping.com.au

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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