Michelle "Shelley" Andrews OAM (born 19 November 1971 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is a former field hockey midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the

Australia women's national field hockey team 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 ...

, 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, ...

in Atlanta, Georgia. She now uses her married name of Mitchell and is a coach at Teddington Hockey Club, Greater London. On 26 January 1997, Andrews was awarded the Order of Australia in "recognition of service to sport as a gold medallist at the Atlanta Olympic Games 1996". On 22 June 2000, Andrews was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for hockey achievements.

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1971 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia People from New South Wales Olympic medalists in field hockey Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Australian women {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub