Jodie Bowering

Jodie Bowering (born July 1982 in Queensland) is an Australian softball player. She is a physical education and health teacher who plays softball at the state, national and international level. In national competitions, she represents Queensland. As a member of Australia's 2008 team, she won a bronze medal in Beijing. She was a member of the national team and competed at the 2012 and 2014 Women's Softball World Championships.^[1]

Bowering was born in July 1982^[2] in Queensland.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} She resides in the Boondall^[8] / Redcliffe, Queensland area.^[2] Her mother, Carol Draper, is a champion waterskier.^[9][10]

Bowering is a physical education and health teacher and taught at North Lakes State College in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.^{[11][12][13][14][15]} She took a year off between 2009 and 2010 when she worked for the Queensland government to help train physical education teachers.^[13]

Bowering's mother got her involved with tee-ball as an eventual gateway to softball as a six-year-old. At the time, her mother was playing club softball.^[9][10] In 2008, she competed in the Queensland Open Women's State Championships where she played for the Brisbane side.^[16] She had a scholarship with and played for the Australian Institute of Sport team in 2008 and 2009.^[12][17][18] She represents Queensland in national competitions.^[4] In 2007, she represented the state in the Gilleys Shield.^[19] She was a member of the Queensland team in 2008.^[16] She was part of the 2012 side that finished third at the Gilleys Shield.^[4][5]

Bowering has represented Australia on the national level as a member of the Australia women's national softball team. She was with the team in 2007 and participated in a six-game test series against China in the Redlands.^[7] This was her first international competition with the team.^[7] She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics,^{[11][13][14][15][20]} and attended the welcome home Olympian parade in Adelaide.^[21] In March 2009, she participated in a Brisbane-based training camp.^[12] She was with the team in 2010 when they completed an 11-day tour of California.^[14][15][20] She represented Australia at the 2009 World Cup of Softball. Australia took home a silver in the competition.^[22] She was a member of the team that competed at the 2010 Women's World Softball Championship.^[14][15][20] She is a member of the 2012 Australia women's national softball team.^[3][4][8] She participated in the March 2012 seven game test series against Japan in Canberra.^[4] She represented the country at the 2012 and 2014 ISF Women's World Championships.^[3][4][1]