Kate Starre (born 18 September 1971 in

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) is a former

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

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, starting in 1992 (

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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 is the head coach for

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Ladies 1XI, in England, from the start of the 2017–18 season. In June 2018, Starre joined the Fremantle Football Club's AFL Women's team as a high performance manager. One of her key areas of focus is implementing an

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(ACL) injury prevention program. Starre was awarded the

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(OAM) in the

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and the

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in June 2000.

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1971 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics 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 Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal 20th-century Australian women Field hockey players from Perth, Western Australia Sportswomen from Western Australia Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub