Lisa Josephine Carruthers (née Powell) (born 8 July 1970 in

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) is a former

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forward, who was a member of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, best known as the ''Hockeyroos'', that won the gold medal at the

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and

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Summer Olympics. She is currently a senior hockey coach at Melbourne High School. Powell 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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