Kate Ruth "Katie" Allen (born 28 February 1974) is an Australian

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 ...

player. She was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team that won gold medals at Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games and World Cup in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She is a past FIH World Player of the Year. She won a gold medal at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

in Sydney.

Personal

Allen was born in

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Field hockey - playing

Club hockey

Allen played for Burnside Hockey Club in South Australia as a junior.

State hockey

Allen was a member of the

SA Suns The SA Suns (formerly Southern Suns - prior to 2015) are a women's field hockey team based in South Australia that competes in the Australian Hockey League (AHL). The SA Suns won national championships in 1995 and 2011. Current Team The followi ...

team in the Australian Hockey League. She helped the

win the Australian Hockey League title in 1995.

International hockey

Allen played international hockey for the Australia women's national field hockey team (Hockeyroos), including the Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games and World Cup. Following are the tournaments that Allen was part of: *

1994 Women's Hockey World Cup The 1994 Women's Hockey World Cup was the ninth staging of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 13 to 23 July 1994 in Dublin, Ireland. It was won by Australia, who defeated Argentina 2–0 in the final. The host ...

(Dublin) - 1st GOLD *

1995 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy The 1995 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 5th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 9–17 September 1995 in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Australia won the tournament for the third consecutive time after def ...

(Mar del Plata) - 1st GOLD * 1997 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy (Berlin) - 1st GOLD *

1998 Women's Hockey World Cup The 1998 Women's Hockey World Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 20 to 31 May 1998 in Utrecht, Netherlands alongside the men's tournament. Australia won its second world title af ...

(Utrecht) - 1st GOLD *

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''( Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unpreceden ...

(Kuala Lumpur) - 1st GOLD *

(Sydney) - 1st GOLD *

2003 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy The 2003 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 11th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held from 29 November to 7 December 2003 in Sydney, Australia. Australia won the tournament for a record sixth time after defeating ...

(Sydney) - 1st GOLD * 2004 Summer Olympics (Athens) - 5th In 2005 Allen was co-winner of the Women's

FIH Player of the Year Awards The FIH Player of the Year Awards are awarded annually by the International Hockey Federation to the male and female field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield ...

Field hockey - coaching

Following her playing career Allen was the head coach of the

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Hockey Program from 2009 to 2016. In 2013 Allen was assistant coach of the

Victorian Vipers The Victorian Vipers are a field hockey team who participate in Australia's national field hockey league, the AHL. The team is predominantly made up of amateurs who participate in the Victorian Premier League competition. The team's home stadi ...

in the Australian Hockey League. In 2016 she was the Assistant Coach for the Australian Women’s junior team, the Jillaroos, who came third in the Junior World Cup in Chile medalling for the first time in 15 years in the competition. Allen is the coach of the Camberwell Men's Premier League team in the Victorian Premier League Competition, becoming the first woman to coach a Men's Premier League team in Victoria.

Recognition

As a member of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games gold medal winning

Hockeyroos The Australia women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Hockeyroos) are, as of January 2019, ranked third in the world. Having played their first game in 1914, and their first Olympic game in 1984, they are one of Australia's most succes ...

, Allen was named in the Australian Women's 'Team of the Century' at the 2013 ‘Centenary of Canberra Sportswomen’s Ball’ conducted at The Great Hall, Parliament House in Canberra. The perpetual shield for Hockey SA's U15 Girls State Junior Zone Championship is named after Allen.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Kate 1974 births Living people Sportswomen from South Australia Australian female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Australia Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey players from Adelaide 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