Jennifer Lyn Morris (born 20 September 1972) is a non-executive director of Sandfire Resources. Born on 20 September 1972 in

Maryborough, Queensland Maryborough ( ) is a city and a suburb in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Maryborough had a population of 15,287. Geography Maryborough is located on the Mary River in Queensland, Australia, approximate ...

, Morris is a former

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

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 The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

. 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 In field hockey, a penalty corner, sometimes known as a short corner, is a penalty given against the defending team. It is predominantly awarded for a defensive infringement in the '' penalty circle'' or for a deliberate infringement within the de ...

. Morris was awarded the

Medal of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

(OAM) in the

1997 Australia Day Honours The 1997 Australia Day Honours are appointments Australian honours system, to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 1997 by the Governor General of Australia, Will ...

. In 2009 Morris was appointed to the board of the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of ...

. 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 independent, privately funded international human rights organisation based in Perth, Western Australia. Walk Free works towards ending modern slavery in all its forms by taking a multifaceted and g ...

, Minderoo Foundation's anti-slavery initiative, as the Director of Business and Government Engagement. Shortly after this she was appointed Chief Executive Officer. Morris left Walk Free in 2019.

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1972 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Sportspeople from Maryborough, Queensland Olympic medalists in field hockey Fremantle Football Club administrators Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia 20th-century Australian women Sportswomen from Queensland Field hockey people from Queensland {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub