- Entry type: Concept
- Entry ID: AWE2506
The Hockeyroos
- Occupation Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Olympic sports team, Sports Team
Summary
The Hockeyroos are one of Australia’s most successful sporting teams. Their three gold medals from the past four Olympic Games, two World Cups, six Champions Trophies and two Commonwealth Games golds highlights the team’s outstanding run of success. The Hockeyroos have been crowned Australia’s Team of the Year five times and were unanimously awarded the Best Australian Team at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
Events
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2006
Team Included the following players: (Jessica) Nicole Arnold, Wendy Beattie, Madonna Blyth, Tori Cronk, Suzanne Faulkner, Emily Halliday, Kate Hollywood, Nicole Hudson, Rachel Imison, Hodie McGurk, Rebecca Sanders, Angela Skirving, Karen Smith, Sarah Taylor, Melanie Twitt, Kim Walker
Gold Medalist at Melbourne Commonwealth Games -
2002
Team included the following players: Carmel Bakurski, Joanne Bannin, Nina Bonner, Tammy Cole, Louise Dobson, Nicole Hudson, Rachel Imison, Bianca Langham Pritchard, Brooke Morrison, Bianca Netzler, Katrina Powell, Angela Skirving, Karen Smith, Ngaire Smith, Julie Towers, Melanie Twitt
Gold Medalist at Manchester Commonwealth Games - 1988
- 1996
- 2000
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1998
Team Included the following players: Kate Allen, Andrews, Michelle Andrews, Alyson Annan, Louise Dobson, Juliet Haslam, Rechelle Hawkes, Rachel Imison, Bianca Langham, Claire Mitchel Taverner, Nicole Mott, Alison Peek, Katrina Powell, Lisa Powell, Justine Sowry, Kathryn (Kate) Starre, Kristen Towers
Gold Medalist at Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games
Published resources
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Resource
- Trader 12 MySpace site, Trader 12 (Sarah), 2007, http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=96720217
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Site Exhibition
- She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2007, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html