Peta Edebone Explained

Peta Louise Edebone (born 9 February 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a softball player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was captain of the 2004 squad.

After having knee surgery after Athens, she retired from competitive softball.[1] In Sydney, she hit 4 home runs, which tied the current record. The record was broken at the 2004 Summer Olympics by Crystl Bustos.[2]

Edebone is to participate in the annual Victorian Women's Football League Metro vs Country match as a curtain-raiser to Collingwood Football Club vs Carlton Football Club in Round 7 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 12 May 2007.

Notes and References

  1. News: Peta Edebone retires from softball . 15 February 2005 . 25 October 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051217075030/http://www.vis.org.au/articledetail.asp?ArticleID=2429 . 17 December 2005 . dead .
  2. News: U.S. advances to gold medal game with 5–0 win over Australia . 22 August 2004 . Amateur Softball Association . 25 October 2006 .