Anna Flanagan

Anna Flanagan (born 8 January 1992) is an Australian field hockey player who plays as a defender for the Canberra Labor Club Strikers in the Australian Hockey League. She is nicknamed Flanno.

A full international with over 100 caps since 2010 for the Australian national team, she has represented the nation at one World Cup and in one Olympic Games tournaments.

Career Flanagan is a defender, who specialises in taking corner penalties. Her father is Fred Flanagan, a PE teacher in Canberra. She grew up in Canberra where she played tennis, track and field and field hockey. She moved from Canberra to Perth following the Commonwealth Games in order to further her field hockey career. Following this move, she started doing some professional journalism work for Fox Sports in Perth. She is also sponsored by Nike, and in early 2015, Flanagan became the first Australian hockey player to sign a sponsorship deal with global brand Red Bull.

Awards

Individual World Young Player of the Year: 2013