Joel Elizabeth Brough (born February 9, 1968) is a Canadian

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player. She has competed in numerous international competitions. Some of the highlights include: 1989 Junior World Cup,'90 &'94

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, 1989 Champions Trophy,

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at the

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and 1995

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. She was introduced to the sport in high school where she played on numerous

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winning teams. From there, Brough competed for both

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and UofT, as well as, the province of

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. Brough is the Head of Health and Physical Education at The Sterling Hall School in Toronto and was also a Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torchbearer. In addition, Brough was inducted into the York University "Sports Hall of Fame" in 2012. http://www.yorkulions.ca/featured/2012-13/2012_York_University_Sport_Hall_of_Fame_inductees_announced

International competitions

*1989 – Champions Trophy, (6th) *1989 – Junior World Cup, Ottawa (7th) *1990 – World Cup, Sydney (10th) *1991 – Pan Am Games, Havana (Silver Medal) *1991 – Olympic Qualifier, Auckland (3rd) *1992 – Olympic Games, Barcelona (7th) *1993 – World Cup Qualifier, Philadelphia (3rd) *1994 – World Cup, Dublin (10th)

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* * * 1968 births Living people Canadian female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Canada Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Field hockey players at the 1991 Pan American Games Field hockey people from Ontario Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games {{Canada-fieldhockey-bio-stub