| Laura Barden | |
| Birth Date: | 1994 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kew, Victoria, Australia |
| Position: | Midfield |
| Currentclub: | HGC |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015– |
| Nationalteam1: | Australia |
| Nationalcaps1: | 42 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
Laura Barden (born 6 September 1994)[1] [2] is an Australian field hockey player. She was a member of the 2017 Australian women's national field hockey team.
Laura Barden is from Melbourne. She moved to Kew, Victoria. She was a scholarship recipient from the University of Melbourne.[3]
Barden was a member of the 2014 Women's National Junior Squad for Australia.[4] The following year she was moved up to the Australian women's national field hockey team, known as the Hockeyroos, in September 2015.[5] She was not chosen for Australia's team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, however, by January 2017 Barden had played in 15 games and scored 4 goals in her time with the team. She was again part of the Hockeyroos team for the 2017 Hawkes Bay Cup.[6] Barden scored Australia's only goal in an April 2017 game against New Zealand at the Festival of Hockey.[7] Although Barden was initially named to the 2017 Oceania Cup team, she was later ruled out because of a quad injury.[8]
In addition to playing for the Hockeyroos, Barden also plays for Camberwell Hockey Club.