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Australia At The 2000 Summer Olympics
Australia was the host nation for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 617 competitors, 341 men and 276 women, took part in 270 events in 34 sports. Medalists Archery Australia won its first Olympic gold medal, and moreover the first Olympic medal of any color, in the sport of archery in Sydney. Simon Fairweather defeated all six archers he faced, including a comfortable seven-point victory in the final. Men Women Athletics ;Key *Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only *Q = Qualified for the next round *q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target *NR = National record *N/A = Round not applicable for the event *Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round ;Men ;Track and road events ;Field events ;Combined events – Decathlon ;Women ;Track and road events ;Field events ;Combine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Olympic Committee
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia may also refer to: Places * Name of Australia relates the history of the term, as applied to various places. Oceania *Australia (continent), or Sahul, the landmasses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equestrian At The 2000 Summer Olympics
The equestrian events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney included dressage, eventing, and show jumping. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions. Event summary Medals Officials Appointment of officials was as follows: ;Dressage * Mary Seefried (Ground Jury President) * Eric Lette (Ground Jury Member) * Jan Peeters (Ground Jury Member) * Axel Steiner (Ground Jury Member) * Volker Moritz (Ground Jury Member) ;Jumping * Jan-Willem Körner (Ground Jury President) * Graham Davey (Ground Jury Member) * Peter Herchel (Ground Jury Member) * Leonidas Georgopoulos (Ground Jury Member) * Jennifer Millar (Technical Delegate) ;Eventing * Frederik Obel (Ground Jury President) * Jean Scott Mitchell (Ground Jury Member) * Brian Schrapel (Ground Jury Member) * Brian Ross (Ground Jury Member) * Jennifer Millar (Technical Delegate) References External links Official Olympic Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Equestrian At The 2000 Summer Olympics 2000 Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katrina Powell
Katrina Maree "Triny" Powell (born 8 April 1972 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) is an Australian field hockey player. She represented Australia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Powell was a member of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, known as the Hockeyroos, that won the gold medals at the 1996 and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Powell represented Australia 252 times, and scored 141 goals. She is the sister of Lisa Powell and the sister-in-law of Stuart Carruthers. Powell was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1997 Australia Day Honours and the Australian Sports Medal The Australian Sports Medal is an award given to recognise achievements in Australian sport to commemorate Australian participation in major sporting events. Original recipients of the award included competitors, coaches, sports scientists, offi ... in June 2000. In March 2021, she was appointed Hockeyroos coach - the first female coach of the side i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Peek
Alison Louise Peek (born 12 October 1969), nicknamed "Peeky", is a former field hockey player from Australia, who competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country. She was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team, best known as the ''Hockeyroos'', that won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. As well as being an Olympic gold medallist, she won a Commonwealth Games gold medal, two World Cup gold medals, four Champions Trophy gold medals and was named in the Australian Women's ‘Team of the Century’. The perpetual shield for Hockey SA's U18 Women's State Junior Zone Championship is named after Peek. Personal Peek lives in country South Australia. Field hockey Club hockey Peek played club hockey for Adelaide Hockey Club in South Australia. State hockey In 1995, Peek was in the Australian Hockey League team the Southern Suns that won the national championship. She is on the South Australian Sports Institute Olympic Games Honour Roll. Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenn Morris
Jennifer Lyn Morris (born 20 September 1972) is a non-executive director of Sandfire Resources. Born on 20 September 1972 in Maryborough, Queensland, Morris is a former field hockey defender, who was a member of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, best known as the ''Hockeyroos'', that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Four years later she was on the squad, winning the title, this time at home in Sydney, Australia. Making her international debut in 1992, Morris was famous for her penalty corner. Morris was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1997 Australia Day Honours. In 2009 Morris was appointed to the board of the Fremantle Football Club. In 2014, she was appointed as a Human Capital Consulting Partner at Deloitte Australia in Perth. In November 2016, Morris was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. In 2017, Morris joined Walk Free Minderoo Foundation's Walk Free initiative is an independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Mitchell-Taverner
Claire Mitchell-Taverner (born 17 June 1970) is an Australian field hockey player. She was born in Melbourne. She won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain .... References External links * 1970 births Living people Field hockey players from Melbourne Australian female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia 20th-century Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clover Maitland
Clover Maitland (born 14 March 1972 in Maryborough, Queensland) represents Australia in women's field hockey. The goalie was part of the double winning Olympic team in 1996 and 2000 along with the gold medal winning team in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Maitland was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1997 Australia Day Honours and the Australian Sports Medal The Australian Sports Medal is an award given to recognise achievements in Australian sport to commemorate Australian participation in major sporting events. Original recipients of the award included competitors, coaches, sports scientists, offi ... in June 2000. References External links * Australian Olympic Committee Australian female field hockey players Female field hockey goalkeepers Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic field hockey p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Imison
Rachel Anne Imison (born 16 December 1978) is an Australian field hockey player. She was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. She won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain .... References External links * 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Palmerston North Australian female field hockey players Female field hockey goalkeepers Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Hudson
Nicole Elaine Hudson (née Mott; born 6 July 1976) is an Australian former women's field hockey player. She was the captain of the Hockeyroos, Australia's national women's team, until her retirement from international hockey in 2009. She made her debut for Australia in 1993 and won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Her AHL team is the Queensland Scorchers. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she scored in Australia's first two games, scoring the second goal in an comeback to win 5–4 against Korea, and a skillful individual effort against Spain. The goal against Spain was her 98th international goal, in her 299th international appearance. Her 99th goal for Australia came against South Africa in the following match. The match was Hudson's 300th appearance for her country, as she became the first woman to play 300 international Hockey matches for Australia. Sponsorship Hudson put her name to special editions of thMazonBlack Magic stick, featuring a special black-and-pink colour schem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rechelle Hawkes
Rechelle Margaret Hawkes, (born 30 May 1967 in Albany, Western Australia) is the former captain of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, best known as the ''Hockeyroos'',she was captain for eight years and became the second Australian woman after swimmer Dawn Fraser to win three Olympic gold medals at three separate Olympic Games: Seoul 1988, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000. Hawkes also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where Australia finished fifth. She made her debut in 1985, and reached a milestone in 1999, when the midfield player celebrated 250 games for the national team. She read the Athlete's Olympic Oath at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. She received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1989, an Australian Sports Medal in 2000, and a Centenary Medal in 2001. In 2001, she was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'. She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame The Sport Australia Hall of Fame wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Haslam
Juliet Haslam OAM (born 31 May 1969 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former field hockey defender and midfielder from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, for her native country. She was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team, best known as the ''Hockeyroos'', that won the gold medals at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. As well as being a dual Olympic Gold Medallist, she won a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal, two World Cup Gold Medals, five Champions Trophy Gold Medals and was named in the Australian Women’s ‘Team of the Century’. On 26 October 2021, she was appointed as the head of Port Adelaide Power's AFLW operations for their 2023 entry into the AFL Women's competition. Personal Juliet lives in Adelaide, South Australia. Her father is Ross Haslam who played 113 games for the Port Adelaide Magpies. She is married to former footballer Andrew Obst who played for Port Adelaide Football Club in the SA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renita Farrell
Renita Maree Farrell-Garard (born 30 May 1972 in Townsville, Queensland) is a former field hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team, best known as the ''Hockeyroos'', that won the gold medals at the 1996 and the 2000 Summer Olympics. She made her international debut in 1994, and co-captained the winning Atlanta side. She is married to Gerry Garard, father of Brendan Garard, a field hockey player who claimed the bronze medal at the men's competition in Atlanta, Georgia. Farrell was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1997 Australia Day Honours and the Australian Sports Medal The Australian Sports Medal is an award given to recognise achievements in Australian sport to commemorate Australian participation in major sporting events. Original recipients of the award included competitors, coaches, sports scientists, offi ... in June 2000. References Australian Olympic Committee External links * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
