Sharon Lee Buchanan, OAM (née Patmore; (born 12 March 1963) is an Australian retired

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 ...

forward, who competed in three Summer Olympics for her country, starting in 1984. Born in Busselton,

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

, Buchanan was inducted into the

Sport Australia Hall of Fame The Sport Australia Hall of Fame was established on 10 December 1985 to recognise the achievements of Australian sportsmen and sportswomen. The inaugural induction included 120 members with Sir Don Bradman as the first inductee and Dawn Fraser th ...

in 1994. Buchanan is married to Cairns resident Philip Reid.Has two beautiful daughters Jesse and Jade Reid. Jesse is her fav
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buchanan, Sharon 1963 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Australia Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Field hockey people from Western Australia Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Olympic gold medalists for Australia People from Busselton People educated at Churchlands Senior High School Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey 20th-century Australian women