- Tammy Ogston
infobox football official
name = Tammy Ogston
fullname = Tammy Nicole Ogston
dateofbirth =26 July 1970
cityofbirth =Brisbane
countryofbirth =Australia
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
otheroccupation =General manager
years = 1993-??
??-current
league =Football Brisbane Football Queensland
role = Referee
Referee
internationalyears = 1997-
confederation =FIFA listed
internationalrole = RefereeTammy Ogston (born
26 July 1970 ) is an Australian football referee from Moorooka,Brisbane .Ogston began playing football at age 14 before moving into officiating in 1993, aged 23, on recognising that there were not enough officials in her area to cover
Women's football games.Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/sportsfactor/stories/2007/2002053.htm|title=Refereeing the women's world cup|accessdate=2007-10-03|publisher=ABC Radio National|date=2007-08-10 ] She qualified as a full referee in theFootball Brisbane leagues before moving up toFootball Queensland .She has been on the
FIFA list of international referees since 1997 and has officiated in a number of tournaments around the world including the 2000 Olympic football tournament in Sydney.Ogston appeared at the
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup and then refereed four matches in the 2003 World Cup in the USA,Cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/news/newsid=590439.html|title=Women referees at the ready|accessdate=2007-10-03|publisher=FIFA |date=2007-09-09 ] including the third place decider match between the USA and Canada. She then participated in the2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia.Cite web|url=http://www.footballnews.com.au/article.php?id=346|title=Qantas Young Matilda's squad announced|accessdate=2007-10-03|publisher=footballnews.com.au|date=2006-08-07 ]Chosen as one of the referees for the
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China,Cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=589894.html|title=Tammy Ogston (AUS) to officiate the opening game|accessdate=2007-10-03|publisher=FIFA |date=2007-09-07 ] Ogston again refereed four matches including the tournament opener and the final, becoming the first referee in the world to officiate at both of those games in one World Cup competition. She is also the first Australian to referee a World Cup final.Cite web|url=http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/australian-ogston-to-control-cup-final/20072629-11o3.html |title=Australian Ogston to control cup final|accessdate=2007-10-03|publisher=Brisbane Times |date=2007-09-29 ]References
External links
* [http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/referees/referee=42737/index.html FIFA profile]
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