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Australian field hockey players

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Alison Peek

Alison Louise Peek, Australian field hockey player (Hockeyroos), born 1969 Adelaide. Dual Olympian, Sydney 2000 gold, Barcelona 1992; two World Cups, four Champions Trophies, 222 internationals.

Alyson Annan

Alyson Annan (born 1973), Australian field hockey great: 228 caps, 166 goals, Olympic gold 1996 and 2000; later coached the Netherlands to Tokyo 2020 gold and China to Paris 2024 silver.

Angie Skirving-Lambert

Angie Skirving-Lambert (Angela Robyn Skirving-Lambert, née Skirving), Australian field hockey defender born 1981 in Toowoomba; triple Olympian who won gold with the Hockeyroos at Sydney 2000 and played 229 internationals.

Bevan George

Bevan George (Bevan Christopher George, born 1977, Narrogin, Western Australia) is an Australian field hockey fullback; Kookaburras 1999-2008, 208 caps, Olympic gold Athens 2004, bronze and captaincy Beijing 2008, OAM 2005.

Brent Livermore

Brent James Livermore OAM (born 1976, Grafton, NSW) is an Australian field hockey midfielder and former Kookaburras captain who won bronze at Sydney 2000, gold at Athens 2004, three Commonwealth golds, 318 caps, and later coached NSWIS and NSW Pride.

Claire Mitchell Taverner

Claire Mitchell-Taverner, born 1970 in Melbourne, is an Australian field hockey forward/midfielder who won gold with the Hockeyroos at Sydney 2000, beating Argentina 3-1, plus the 1998 World Cup and Commonwealth Games titles.

Clover Maitland

Clover Maitland is an Australian former field hockey goalkeeper who won Olympic gold medals with the Hockeyroos at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Games.

Daniel Beale

Daniel Beale (James Daniel Beale, born 1993, Brisbane) is a retired Australian field hockey midfielder; 241 Kookaburras caps, Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver, three Commonwealth Games golds, 2010 Youth Olympics gold.

Danni Roche

Danni Roche (Danielle Roche, born 1970, Melbourne) is an Australian Hockeyroos midfielder who won gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and in 2017 challenged John Coates for the AOC presidency, losing 58-35.

Dean Butler

Dean Butler (Dean William Butler, born 1977, Warwick, Queensland) is a retired Australian field hockey defender, nicknamed Butts, who won Olympic gold at Athens 2004 with the Kookaburras and earned 203 caps with 14 goals.

Grant Schubert

Grant Schubert (Grant Luke Schubert, born 1980, Loxton, South Australia) is an Australian field hockey striker, Olympic gold medallist at Athens 2004 and bronze medallist at Beijing 2008, with 180 Kookaburras caps.

Jackie Pereira

Jackie Pereira (Jacqueline Margaret Pereira), born 1964, Australian field hockey forward; two Olympic golds (1988, 1996), first Australian woman to 100 international goals, 1994 World Cup champion.

Jamie Dwyer

Jamie Dwyer (born 1979, Rockhampton) is a retired Australian field hockey forward, five-time FIH World Player of the Year, 365-cap, 243-goal Kookaburras record scorer, 2004 Olympic gold medalist and 2010 and 2014 World Cup winner.

Jenny Morris

Jenny Morris (Jennifer Lynn Morris), Australian field hockey defender born 1972 in Maryborough, Queensland; won Olympic gold with the Hockeyroos at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, the first women's team to defend an Olympic hockey title.

Julie Towers

Julie Gail Towers (born 1976, Taree, NSW), Australian field hockey forward; won Olympic gold with the Hockeyroos at Sydney 2000, placed fifth at Athens 2004, and won the 1998 World Cup.

Juliet Haslam

Juliet Haslam (born 1969, Adelaide) is an Australian field hockey player, a triple Olympian who won gold with the Hockeyroos at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, later Hockey Australia director and Port Adelaide's first Head of AFLW.

Karen Marsden

Karen Marsden (born 1962) is an Australian field hockey goalkeeper, OAM, who won gold with the Hockeyroos at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 1994 Dublin World Cup, and the 1993 Champions Trophy, playing 68 internationals.

Kate Starre

Kate Starre, born Katherine Starre in 1971, is an Australian field hockey midfielder who won Olympic gold with the Hockeyroos at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000.

Kathleen Partridge

Kathleen Partridge (Kathleen Anne Partridge, 1963-2021), Australian Hockeyroos goalkeeper, Seoul 1988 Olympic gold medallist, 1992 vice-captain, and pioneering national goalkeeping coach for the Hockeyroos and Kookaburras.

Katie Allen

Katie Allen (Kate Ruth Allen), born 1974 in Adelaide, Australian field hockey player with the Canberra Strikers; Olympic gold at Sydney 2000, fifth at Athens 2004, World Champion 1994 and 1998, Champions Trophy winner 1995, 1997, 2003.

Lee Capes

Lee Capes (born 1961, North Fremantle, WA), also Lee Capes-Nobbs, Australian Hockeyroo forward, #240; won gold at Seoul 1988, scoring in the 2-0 final over South Korea; 93 caps 1985-1991; mother of Kaitlin Nobbs.

Liam de Young

Liam de Young (Liam Andrew De Young), Australian field hockey player, won Olympic gold 2004 and bronze 2008 and 2012 with the Kookaburras, plus three Commonwealth golds, in 312 caps.

Liane Tooth

Liane Tooth (Liane Marianne Tooth, OAM, born 1962, Sydney) is a retired Australian field hockey defender, the first woman hockey player in four Olympics (1984-1996), winning gold with the Hockeyroos at Seoul 1988 and Atlanta 1996.

Lisa Powell Carruthers

Lisa Powell Carruthers (nee Lisa Josephine Powell, born 1970, Sydney) is an Australian field hockey player who won Olympic gold with the Hockeyroos at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, plus 1994 and 1998 World Cups, with 230 caps.

Loretta Dorman

Loretta Dorman OAM (born 1963) is an Australian former field hockey player who played for the Hockeyroos at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, winning gold at Seoul 1988, Australia's first Olympic hockey gold, and silver at the 1990 World Cup.

Lorraine Hillas

Lorraine Hillas (Lorraine Mary Hillas, later Wharton), born 1961, Australian Hockeyroo field hockey player; fourth at Los Angeles 1984 and Olympic gold medallist at Seoul 1988, later a school teacher.

Louise Dobson

Louise Dobson (Louise Karen Dobson, born 1972, Shepparton, Victoria), Australian field hockey defender and penalty striker; Atlanta 1996 Olympic gold medallist, Athens 2004 dual Olympian, three-time Champions Trophy winner, and co-chair of the Australian Olympians Association.

Maree Fish

Maree Beverley Fish, born 1963, Tasmanian field hockey goalkeeper; reserve keeper for Australia's gold-medal Hockeyroos at Seoul 1988, first Australian Olympic hockey gold; 43 tests, OAM.

Mark Hickman

Mark Hickman (born 1973, Darwin) is an Australian field hockey goalkeeper who won Olympic gold at Athens 2004 and Commonwealth gold in 1998 and 2002, and now coaches goalkeepers for England and Great Britain.

Nathan Eglington

Nathan Eglington (Nathan John Eglington), Australian field hockey midfielder born 1980 in Murwillumbah, NSW; won gold at Athens 2004, Australia's first men's hockey Olympic gold; 140 internationals, 50 goals; later Kookaburras assistant coach.