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'''Jane Moran''' (born 6 June 1985) is an Australian former water polo player. She won a gold medal at the 2011 Canada Cup and a silver medal at the 2010 FINA World Cup. She was part of the Australian junior national team that competed at the 2005 World Junior Championships held in Perth, Western Australia. She received her first call up to Australia's senior team in order to compete at the 2005 World Championships held in Canada. She was chosen to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and was a member of Australia's national team that won the bronze medal.
==Personal life== Moran was born in 1985, in Murwillumbah,<ref name="Australian Water Polo Profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/high-performance/senior-women-profiles/profiles/moran-jane/ |title=Australian Water Polo Profile |publisher=Australian Water Polo |date=24 June 2012 |accessdate=24 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627094142/http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/high-performance/senior-women-profiles/profiles/moran-jane/ |archivedate=27 June 2012}}</ref> but grew up in Ashgrove, Queensland,<ref name=named-squad>{{cite web|url=http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/293300/20120206/final-aussie-stingers-olympic-train-squad-announced.htm |title=Final Aussie Stingers Olympic train on Squad Announced |publisher=Au.ibtimes.com |date=6 February 2012 |accessdate=17 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314014813/http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/293300/20120206/final-aussie-stingers-olympic-train-squad-announced.htm |archivedate=14 March 2014 }}</ref><ref name=reach-milestone>{{cite web|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/west/moran-headed-for-history-books/story-fn8odx0z-1226273776931 |title=Moran headed for history books | News, events and sport for Brisbane West |website=The Courier-Mail |date=17 February 2012 |accessdate=22 February 2012}}</ref> but was born in New South Wales.<ref name=father-passed>{{cite news|first=Brent |last=O'Neill |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/central/olympics-loom-as-motivator/story-fn8m0qb4-1226184461980 |title=Olympics loom as motivator | Local news, events and sport from central Brisbane |website=The Courier-Mail |date=5 November 2011 |accessdate=22 February 2012}}</ref> In 2005, she was living in Brisbane, Queensland.<ref name=junior-perth>{{cite news|title=Bronzed Aussies dig deep|newspaper=North West News|location=Brisbane, Australia|date=9 February 2005|page=70|id=NWN_T-20050209-1-070-796416|accessdate=18 February 2012|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:QGCBI&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10BE217EE67B3DF8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> In 2007, her father died right before she was supposed to leave to attend the national team's training camp for the 2008 Summer Olympics.<ref name=father-passed/> She is an alumnus of the University of Queensland,<ref name="Australian Water Polo Profile"/> and received her bachelor's degree in civil engineering there from 2003 to 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/jane-moran|title=Australian Olympic Committee Profile|publisher=Australian Olympic Committee|accessdate=26 June 2012|archive-date=15 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315101135/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/jane-moran|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Water polo== ===Club team=== {{Update section|date=August 2024}} thumb|Moran is introduced along with other players on the national team before the first game in the Australia versus Great Britain test.|left Moran played club water polo for the Brisbane Barracudas who compete in the National Water Polo League.<ref name=queensland-fish>{{cite web|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/four-named-in-national-squad/story-e6frep5o-1226265708011 |title=Four named in national squad |website=The Courier-Mail |date=8 February 2012 |accessdate=17 February 2012}}</ref> She was with the team for the 2008, 2011 and 2012 seasons.<ref name=8-fish-swim>{{cite web|url=http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/no_cache/nwpl/2008-nwpl-season/2008-nwpl-clubs/2008-barracudas-women/ |accessdate=1 March 2012 |year=2009 |author=Australian Water Polo Inc. |title=2008 Barracudas Women |location=Sydney, Australia |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424124700/http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/no_cache/nwpl/2008-nwpl-season/2008-nwpl-clubs/2008-barracudas-women/ |archivedate=24 April 2014 }}</ref><ref name=2011-season>{{cite news|url=http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/no_cache/nwpl/2011-nwpl-clubs/2011-brisbane-barracudas-women/ |year=2011 |accessdate=29 February 2012 |author=Australian Water Polo Inc. |location=Australia |title=Australian Water Polo Inc.: 2011 Brisbane Barracudas Women }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=played-ball>{{cite web|last=Brinsden |first=Colin |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/four-named-in-national-squad/story-e6frep5o-1226265708011 |title=Four named in national squad |website=The Courier-Mail |date=8 February 2012 |accessdate=21 February 2012}}</ref> During the 2009 and 2010 club seasons, she took time off to focus on preparing for the Olympics, and on her job as a civil engineer for Aurecon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/news/article/2011/october/olympic-glory-driving-morans-water-polo-dream/|title=Olympic glory driving Moran's water polo dream|publisher=Australian Water Polo|accessdate=25 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627095539/http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/news/article/2011/october/olympic-glory-driving-morans-water-polo-dream/|archive-date=27 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2012, she played her 200th game in the league, becoming her team's first female player and the league's second female player to reach this milestone when she played against the University of Western Australia (UWA) Torpedoes at home.<ref name="reach-milestone"/>
===Junior national team=== Moran was a member of Australia's junior national team.<ref name=first-jr>{{cite news|title=Youngsters set to take their first shot at a seniors berth|newspaper=Westside News|location=Brisbane, Australia|date=4 May 2005|page=68}}</ref> In 2002, she was a member of the national youth girls team that toured the United States in June and competed in an international series in Sydney in August.<ref name=2002-team-junior>{{cite web|url=http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/no_cache/high-performance/archived-results/aus-womens-teams/australian-womens-teams/2002-australian-womens-teams/|accessdate=1 March 2012|author=Australian Water Polo Inc.|title=2002 Australian Women's Teams|year=2004|location=Sydney, Australia|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121230132907/http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/no_cache/high-performance/archived-results/aus-womens-teams/australian-womens-teams/2002-australian-womens-teams/|archivedate=30 December 2012}}</ref> In 2004, she was a member of the team that toured Europe in July and August.<ref name=2004-team-junior>{{cite web|url=http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/no_cache/high-performance/archived-results/aus-womens-teams/australian-womens-teams/2004-australian-womens-teams/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209001433/http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/no_cache/high-performance/archived-results/aus-womens-teams/australian-womens-teams/2004-australian-womens-teams/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 December 2012 |accessdate=1 March 2012 |author=Australian Water Polo Inc. |title=2004 Australian Women's Teams |year=2004 |location=Sydney, Australia }}</ref> She was part of the Australian junior national team that competed at the 2005 World Junior Championships held in Perth, Western Australia. The team beat Greece 10–4 for the bronze medal game. The team's only loss in the tournament was a 4–5 loss to the United States.<ref name="junior-perth"/> She received her first call up to Australia's senior team in order to compete at the 2005 World Championships held in Canada.<ref name="first-jr"/>
===Senior national team=== {{Wikinews|Australian women's water polo team takes test series against Great Britain}} {{wikinews|Australia women's water polo team into FINA Women's World League Super Finals quarter finals}} Moran is a member of the Australian national team. She was invited to participate in a 2007 training camp for players who might be selected for the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was considered for that team but did not make it.<ref name="father-passed"/> In May 2010, she was a member of the team that competed at the FINA World League Asia-Oceania zone held in Osaka, Japan, and Tianjin, China.<ref name=female-teams-aus>{{Cite web|accessdate=1 March 2012 |url=http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/no_cache/copy-old-site-content-here/australian-female-teams/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209121012/http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/no_cache/copy-old-site-content-here/australian-female-teams/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 December 2012 |author=Australian Water Polo Inc. |title=Australian Female Teams |year=2012 |location=Sydney, Australia }}</ref> In 2010, she was a member of the Stingers squad that competed at the FINA World Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand.<ref name=played-nz>{{cite news|title=Southern makes Stingers|newspaper=Innisfail Advocate|location=Australia|date=18 August 2010|page=16}}</ref><ref name=game-away-busy-august>{{cite news|title='Ticker' gets team a big win|newspaper=St. George and Sutherland Shire Leader|location=New South Wales, Australia|date=17 August 2010|first=Brad|last=Forrest|id=1915382|accessdate=18 February 2012|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:SGAS&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=137B3C8A1C1B4C18&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}</ref> At the 2011 Canada Cup, she scored a goal in the first period in the gold medal match against China that the Australian team ended up winning.<ref name=ais1>{{cite web|url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/news/ais_news/story_468283_aussie_stingers_finish_canada_cup_undefeated_after_claiming_gold_over_china |title=Aussie Stingers finish Canada Cup undefeated after claiming gold over China : News Centre : Australian Sports Commission |publisher=Australian Sports Commission |date=20 December 2011 |accessdate=17 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121175027/http://www.ausport.gov.au/news/ais_news/story_468283_aussie_stingers_finish_canada_cup_undefeated_after_claiming_gold_over_china |archivedate=21 January 2012 }}</ref> She competed in a warm-up match for the 2011 FINA World League against Italy in Ostia, Italy, in July that Australia won 12–11.<ref name=beat-italy>{{cite news|title=AAP News: WPOL:Aust water polo women beat Italy 12-11|newspaper=AAP News|location=Australia|date=10 June 2011|publisher=Financial Times Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:WAAP&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=137C693AD9448180&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9|accessdate=28 February 2012}}</ref> In 2011, she was one of five Queensland women to compete for the Australian Stingers in the FINA World League competition held in Auckland, New Zealand.<ref name=queensland-women>{{cite news|title=Sports extra with Brent O'Neill|newspaper=City North News|location=Brisbane, Australia|date=12 May 2011|page=47}}</ref><ref name=more-qlders>{{cite news|title=Sports extra with Jacob Grams|newspaper=North West News|location=Brisbane, Australia|date=11 May 2011|page=71}}</ref> In July 2011, she was a member of the Australian Stingers that competed in the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai as a field player.<ref name=china-game>{{cite news|title=Canberra Times: SCOREBOARD|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=Canberra, Australia|date=6 July 2011|publisher=Financial Times Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire|id=WCTS88924540}}</ref> In preparation for this tournament, she attended a team training camp in Perth, Western Australia.<ref name=training-camp2>{{cite news|title=AAP News: WPOL:Stingers squad named for worlds|newspaper=AAP News|location=Australia|date=5 July 2011|publisher=Financial Times Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire|id=WAAP88910998}}</ref> She competed in the Pan Pacific Championships in January 2012 for the Australian Barbarians.<ref name=pan-pacific>{{cite news|title=London looms as a splash and grab job - - COUNTRY SPORT|newspaper=The Sunday Telegraph|location=Sydney, Australia|date=1 January 2012|first=David|last=Packwood|page=73}}</ref> She was part of the Stingers squad that competed in a five-game test against Great Britain at the AIS in late February 2012, the matches were the team's first matches against Great Britain's national team in six years.<ref name=more-cuts>{{cite news|title=Stinger survivors in the swim for third Olympics|first=Jon|last=Tuxworth|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory|page=19|date=21 February 2012}}</ref> She won a bronze medal as part of the Australian team for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Moran announced her retirement from international competition in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/news/olympic-medallist-jane-moran-retires |title=Olympic medallist Jane Moran retires |date= |accessdate=2024-08-14 |quote= |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee}}</ref> Since her retirement from international competition, Moran continued to work as a civil engineer for Aurecon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CAREERS CORNER {{!}} Networking and mentors the key for London Olympian Jane Moran |url=https://www.waterpoloaustralia.com.au/news/networking-and-mentors-the-key-for-london-olympian-jane-moran |access-date=2026-01-05 |website=Waterpolo Australia}}</ref> In 2020 she was playing for the Hunter Hurricans in the Australian Waterpolo League.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-12 |title=Strong women in the spotlight for OVO AWL Round 6 |url=https://www.waterpoloaustralia.com.au/news/strong-women-in-the-spotlight-for-ovo-awl-round-6 |access-date=2026-01-05 |website=Waterpolo Australia}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Jane Moran}} * {{Sports links}}
{{Australia women's water polo squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
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