Hannah Buckling

Hannah Buckling (born 3 June 1992) is an Australian water polo centre back. As a representative of Australia on the junior and senior level, she had her first international cap during the 2008 Australian Junior Tour at the Pythia Cup. She was a member of the Australian side that finished third at the 2011 FINA Junior World Championships. As a member of the senior team, she competed at the 2011 Canada Cup and helped the team take home gold. She competed in the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games

Personal life Buckling was born on 3 June 1992 in Sydney, but calls Mosman, New South Wales her hometown. Her grandfather represented Wales as a member of the Wales School Boy team in rugby union. She received her Bachelor of Science at the University of Sydney in 2014. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she was able to return to her studies at the Sydney Medical Program to continue her post-graduate medical degree. She is tall, weights and is right handed. She has a water polo scholarship from the New South Wales Institute of Sport.

Club and state representative teams When she was Buckling, she joined the Sydney Northern Beaches Breakers water polo team While playing the sport casually on school and club level, she got a new coach at the Breakers, Jamie Ryan. Jamie Ryan helped elevate Buckling's intensity at practice and become a more serious player. and competed on the 2007 16 & Under National Championships Girls where she scored 15 goals in the competition. In 2008, she again represented New South Wales at the 2008 16 & Under National Championships Girls where she scored 13 goals. At the 18 & Under National Championships Girls in 2008, she scored only 8 goals. In 2009, at the 18 & Under Girls National Championship and as a member of the New South Wales side, she scored 8 goals. That same year, as a member of the New South Wales team at the 20 & Under National Championships Junior Women, she scored 8 goals. In 2010, she scored 18 goals in the 18 & Under Girls National Championship and 6 goals in the 20 & Under National Championships Junior Women. In 2011, she scored 8 goals in the 20 & Under Junior Women National Championships. That year, her team finished second at the Perth, Western Australia held event. In 2011, her training consisted of going to the pool every morning, and doing training at the gym three times a week. During the summer, she would compete in up to three games a week. During the winter, she would compete in an average of one game a week. During the 2012 season, she wore cap number four. As of 3 March, she had scored sixteen goals in the season.

Junior national team Within 20 months of having Jamie Ryan being her coach on her local club side and as a fifteen-year-old, she made the Australian u-17 team The tour also included stops in Italy and Hungary. In 2010, as a member of the junior national team, she was a member of the team that toured California and part of the squad that competed in international friendlies against the United States, New Zealand and Canada. She competed in the Pan Pacific Championships in January 2012 for the Australian Stingers. She scored a goal in a Stingers 8–7 win over the United States. In 2011, her goal was to make the national team and compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Buckling was a member of the Australian Stingers squad that competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. By finishing second in their pool, the Aussie Stingers went through to the quarterfinals. They were beaten 8-9 by Russia and therefore did not compete for an Olympic medal.