Amy Lawton

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

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 the delayed Tokyo Games 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.

The result inspired Amy and the Hockeyroos to work even harder and in 2022 they collected bronze in the FIH Women’s World Cup and silver at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. They were undefeated in the pool games in Birmingham and after defeating India in a penalty shootout in the semi-final, they went down to England 2-1 in the gold medal game.

Amy’s performances earned her nomination for the Junior World Player of the Year and her strong form continued in 2023 as the Hockeyroos finished third in the Women’s International Pro League. She was also awarded a Sport Australia Hall of Fame (SAHOF) Tier 1 scholarship and paired with Australian surfing legend Layne Beachley in a SAHOF mentoring program.

At the Paris 2024 Olympics Amy and the Hockeyroos opened their tournament with three-straight wins against South Africa (2-1), Great Britain (4-0) and the United States (3-0).

A draw with Argentina (3-3) and a win against Spain (3-1) closed the group stage, with the Hockeyroos advancing into a quarter-final against China. Coached by Australian Olympic champion Alyson Annan, China prevailed 3-2 to end the Hockeyroos' campaign.

Amy is committed to increasing female participation in hockey and is actively involved in coaching young players. She is also studying for a bachelor of prosthetics and orthotics at Melbourne’s La Trobe University.