Claire Mitchell-Taverner (born 17 June 1970) is an Australian

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player. She was born in

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. She won a gold medal at the

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* 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 Australian women Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub