Sally May Carbon (born 14 April 1967, in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, Western Australia) represented Australia from 1987 until 1994 in field hockey. She was a striker, midfielder and half back. Carbon was super fast and set up many goals for Australia during her 125-game career. She was a ballet dancer, swimmer and runner in her youth. Carbon has two areas of studies, in physical education and also in strategic marketing. Sally has written for newspapers, is a radio host and has been a high level Communications and Marketing Manager. She consults in strategic marketing and has also published four children books: ''I want to be an Olympian'', ''I want to be a Footballer'',''I want to be a Cricketer'' and ''I want to be an Olympian II''. She is part of team that has produced an AFL anthology called ''Best on Ground''. Sally is an Australian Sports Commissioner and a director of other companies, has an Australian Institute of Company Directors qualification and been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to sport.

Sporting Record

*Gold

1988 Seoul Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

*5th

1992 Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

*Silver 1990 Sydney World Cup *Gold 1994 Dublin World Cup Junior WA Track Athletics team 125 Internationals for Australia in Hockey

External links

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Sally Carbon Home Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carbon, Sally 1967 births Living people Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Olympic field hockey players for Australia Australian female field hockey players Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal People educated at Churchlands Senior High School Sportswomen from Western Australia Field hockey players from Perth, Western Australia 20th-century Australian women