Jacqueline ("Jackie") Margaret Pereira, OAM (born 29 October 1964 in

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, Western Australia) is a former

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striker from Australia, who competed for her native country in three consecutive

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, starting in 1988 (

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). She was a member of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, best known as the ''Hockeyroos'', that won the gold medals at the

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and the

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. She was inducted into the

Sport Australia Hall of Fame The Sport Australia Hall of Fame was established on 10 December 1985 to recognise the achievements of Australian sportsmen and sportswomen. The inaugural induction included 120 members with Sir Don Bradman as the first inductee and Dawn Fraser th ...

in 1998.

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* 1964 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics People educated at Rossmoyne Senior High School 20th-century Australian women Field hockey players from Perth, Western Australia Sportswomen from Western Australia {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub