Ann Mary Gwynne Grant (née Fletcher; born 6 May 1955) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who captained the national team that won the gold medal at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in Moscow. Because of a boycott by western European, Australasian and other countries, the Women's Field Hockey Tournament contained fewer teams than normal. A late request was sent to the government of Zimbabwe, which quickly assembled a team less than a week before the competition started. To everyone's surprise they won, claiming Zimbabwe's only medal in the 1980 Games. Grant captained the team. Grant is the sister of former Zimbabwe

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and India cricket coach Duncan Fletcher.

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* 1955 births Living people Sportspeople from Harare Zimbabwean female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Zimbabwe Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Zimbabwe Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics White Zimbabwean sportspeople {{Zimbabwe-fieldhockey-bio-stub