Amy Lawton

Fast Facts

Sport: Hockey
Event: Women's
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020
Year Born: 2002
State Born: West Sussex, UK

About Amy

At seven-years-old England-born Amy Lawton moved with her parents and younger sister from the UK to Victoria, Australia.  

Two years later she started playing Hockey at her local club Casey, before moving to Southern United. Amy is also a gifted triathlete and soccer player, and has made representative teams in all three sports. 

In 2018 she made her debut for the Australian U18 team at the Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifier where the team won gold, successfully qualifying themselves for the Youth Olympic Games.

At the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, the midfielder again played for the U18 team and finished in fifth place.

In 2019, at just 17, Amy was selected to make her debut with the Hockeyroos during the FIH Pro League, where the team walked away with a 5-1 win over New Zealand.

Following her debut, Amy was then selected to represent Australia at the 2019 Olympic Test Event. During the tournament she scored her first international goal and the team finished the event in third place.

After her impressive debut season, Amy was named to the 2020 Hockeyroos squad and was also presented with the Emerging Athlete of the Year award at the Australian Institute of Sport Awards.

Amy made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 as part of the Hockeyroos squad that travelled to Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (in 2021). An undefeated group stage for Australia, where they conceded only one goal to the likes of Spain, Argentina, China, Japan and New Zealand, was followed up by a tense 1-0 quarter-final loss against India.