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Twelve national teams competed in the women's field hockey tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in
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. Sixteen players were officially enrolled in each team.XXIXth Olympic Games Tournament Regulations - Men's and Women's Hockey Competitions
/ref> Two reserve players could also be nominated to be available should a player enrolled in the official team become injured during the tournament. Official team rosters were released by the FIH on 24 July 2008.XXIXth Olympic Games squad lists - Women
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Pool A


Australia

The following is the Australian roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling
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  • Megan Rivers Megan Rivers (born 10 October 1980) is an Australian field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. Her nicknames are Snowy and Nanny Rivs. Megan's club is the NSW Arrows in Sydney, NSW, Australia. She pla ...
    # Kim Walker #
  • Kate Hollywood Kate Hollywood (born 28 May 1986) is an Australian former field hockey player who represented the Australia women's national field hockey team, Australian national team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won two Commonwealth Games gold medals, in ...
    # Emily Halliday #
    Madonna Blyth Madonna Blyth (born 30 November 1985) is an Australian field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. She also plays for and captains the Queensland Scorchers in the Australian ...
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  • Nicole Arrold #
    Kobie McGurk Kobie McGurk (born 20 August 1985) is an Australian field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. McGurk is from Collie, Western Australia. References External links

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  • Fiona Johnson #
    Rachel Imison Rachel Anne Imison (born 16 December 1978) is an Australian field hockey player. She was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. She won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New ...
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  • Angie Skirving Angela Robyn Lambert (; born 1 February 1981, in Toowoomba) was an Australian Women's Field Hockey player. She captained the under 21 Australian women's field hockey squad before entering the Hockeyroos in 1998 and in 2000 won gold at the Syd ...
    # Melanie Twitt ( c) #
  • Hope Munro Hope Munro (née Brown; born 14 June 1981) is an Australian field hockey midfielder who played for the Australian women's national team, the Hockeyroos at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Munro lives in P ...
    # Teneal Attard # Sarah Taylor #
  • Nikki Hudson Nicole Elaine Hudson (née Mott; born 6 July 1976) is an Australian former women's field hockey player. She was the captain of the Hockeyroos, Australia's national women's team, until her retirement from international hockey in 2009. She made ...
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    Toni Cronk Toni Maree Cronk (born 27 March 1980 in Bankstown, New South Wales) is a field hockey goalkeeper from Australia, who made her debut for the Australian women's national team in October 2001 in the test series against New Zealand in Melbourne ...
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  • Shelly Liddelow Shelly "Sparky" Liddelow (born 30 June 1984 in Manjimup, Western Australia) plays field hockey for the Australian Women's Hockey Team, the Hockeyroos. She made her debut for Australia in 2007. Her Australian National Hockey League (NHL) team is W ...
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    China

    The following is the Chinese roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling
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    Ma Yibo Ma Yibo (; born August 8, 1980, in Dalian, Liaoning) is a Chinese field hockey player who competed at the 2004, 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cy ...
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  • Chen Zhaoxia Chen Zhaoxia (; born April 25, 1975 in Guanghan, Deyang, Sichuan) is a female Chinese field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Syd ...
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  • Cheng Hui #
  • Huang Junxia Huang Junxia (; born October 9, 1975 in Panshi, Jilin City, Jilin) is a female Chinese field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπι ...
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    Fu Baorong Fu Baorong (; born June 3, 1978, in Jilin City, Jilin) is a Chinese 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 ro ...
    # Li Shuang #
    Gao Lihua Gao Lihua (; born October 31, 1979, in Dalian, Liaoning) is a Chinese field hockey player who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of th ...
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    Tang Chunling Tang Chunling (, born June 24, 1976, in Yitong, Siping, Jilin) is a Chinese field hockey player who competed in the 2000, 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known ...
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  • Zhou Wanfeng Zhou Wanfeng (; born November 17, 1979, in Nanhai, Foshan, Guangdong) is a female Chinese field hockey player. She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as ...
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  • Zhang Yimeng ( GK) #
    Li Hongxia Li Hongxia (; born 10 September 1986 in Liaoning Province) is a field hockey player from China. She won a silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She won a silver medal as a member of the Chi ...
    # Ren Ye # Chen Qiuqi #
  • Zhao Yudiao Zhao Yudiao (; born May 25, 1989 in Linghai, Jinzhou, Liaoning) is a Chinese female professional field hockey player, who won a silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ...
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  • Sun Zhen Sun Zhen (; 5 February 1892 – 9 September 1985) was a General of the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. Biography In 1933 he was made a General commanding the Garrison of Sichuan's Northwestern ...
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  • Li Aili


    Netherlands

    The following is the Dutch roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling
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    Marc Lammers Marc Lammers (born 15 March 1969 in Oss, North Brabant) is a Dutch former field hockey player and head coach. In the past, he led the Spanish women's national team from 1999 to 2000 and the Dutch women's national team from 2000 to 2008. Under hi ...
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    Lisanne de Roever Lisanne Freya de Roever (born 6 June 1979 in Amstelveen, North Holland) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Dutch club SV Kampong. She made her debut for the Netherlands women's national field hockey ...
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  • Eefke Mulder Eefke Mulder (born 13 October 1977 in Nijmegen, Gelderland) is a Dutch field hockey player, who played as a midfielder for Dutch club NMHC Nijmegen. She made her debut for the Netherlands national team on 2 June 1997 at the Cham ...
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    Fatima Moreira de Melo Fatima Moreira de Melo (born 4 July 1978) is a former Dutch field hockey player and professional poker player of Portuguese descent. She has played 191 international matches for the Netherlands women's national field hockey team, Dutch national t ...
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  • Miek van Geenhuizen #
  • Wieke Dijkstra Wieke Elisabeth Henriëtte Dijkstra (born 19 June 1984) is a Dutch field hockey player, who plays as midfielder for Dutch club Laren. Dijkstra was born in Amsterdam, North Holland. In addition to her club career, she plays for th ...
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  • Maartje Goderie Maartje Goderie (born 5 April 1984, Den Bosch) is a Dutch field hockey player, who plays as forward for Dutch club HC Den Bosch. She also plays for the Netherlands national team and she was part of the Dutch squad that became World Champion a ...
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    Lidewij Welten Lidewij Welten (born 16 July 1990) is a Dutch field hockey player. Welten is part of the Dutch national team in the youth and is seen as one of the most promising talents in the world. National coach Marc Lammers selected her for the 2008 Su ...
    # Minke Smabers #
  • Minke Booij ( c) #
    Janneke Schopman Johanna ("Janneke") Dorotheo Maria Schopman (born 26 April 1977) is a former Dutch field hockey player who played as a defender for Dutch club HC Den Bosch and the Netherlands national team. She is the head coach of the Indian women's national ...
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  • Maartje Paumen Maartje Yvonne Helene Paumen (born 19 September 1985) is a former Dutch field hockey player. She is currently assistant coach for Dutch club MOP. She previously played for Dutch clubs Oranje Zwart and HC Den Bosch and Belgian club Royal Antwerp. ...
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    Naomi van As Naomi van As (born 26 July 1983) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a forward/midfield for a Dutch club MHC Laren. She made her debut for the Netherlands national team on 20 June 2003 in a game against South Africa. She was a part of ...
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    Ellen Hoog Ellen Marijn Hoog (, born 26 March 1986) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who is regarded as one of the best Dutch hockey players of her generation. Field hockey career Ellen began playing field hockey at the age of seven and in 2002, age ...
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  • Sophie Polkamp #
  • Eva de Goede Eva de Goede (born 23 March 1989) is a Dutch field hockey player who played in the Dutch teams that won the gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also k ...
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  • Marilyn Agliotti Marilyn Agliotti (born 23 June 1979 in Boksburg, South Africa) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, having previously represented South Africa. After her move to the Netherlands and award of a Dutch passport, she represented the Dutch ...
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  • Kelly Jonker Kelly Jonker (born 23 May 1990, Amstelveen) is a Dutch field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Netherlands women's national field hockey team in the Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, ...
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  • Floortje Engels Floortje Engels (born 15 February 1982 in Amersfoort) is a Dutch 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 h ...
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    South Africa

    The following is the South African roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling
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    # Mariette Rix ( GK) # Vuyisanani Mangisa ( GK) #
    Kate Hector Kate Woods ( Hector, born 11 October 1981) is a South African field hockey player. Woods was born Kate Hector on 11 October 1981 in Johannesburg, Gauteng. She attended Durban Girls' College. She was a member of the national squad that finished ...
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    Marsha Marescia Marsha Cox (née Marescia; born 13 January 1983 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The midfielder comes from Durban ...
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  • Shelley Russell Shelley Jones (née Russell, born 15 July 1987) is a South African field hockey player who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She was also part of the 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho- ...
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  • Lisa-Marie Deetlefs #
  • Jenny Wilson # Lesle-Ann George # Vida Ryan # Vidette Ryan #
  • Lenise Marais Lenise Marais (born 29 April 1985) is a South African field hockey player who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an internat ...
    # Kathleen Taylor #
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  • Tarryn Bright Tarryn Bright (born 26 April 1983) is a South African field hockey player who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an internati ...
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  • Henriette du Buisson #
  • Farrah Fredericks


    South Korea

    The following is the South Korean roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling
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    Han Jin-soo Han Jin-su (born 16 December 1965) is a South Korean field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly kno ...
    # Moon Young-hui ( GK) #
  • Cho Hye-sook #
  • Kim Young-ran #
  • Lee Seon-ok Lee Seon-Ok (born 2 February 1981) is a South Korean field hockey player. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the Korea women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament A woman is an adult female human. Prior ...
    ( c) # Kim Jung-hee # Park Mi-hyun # Kim Jin-kyoung # Kim Mi-seon #
  • Kim Jong-eun Kim Jong-eun (born 18 February 1986 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean field hockey player. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the Korea women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament. She competed at ...
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  • Eum Mi-young # Gim Sung-hee #
  • Seo Hye-jin # Park Jeong-sook # Kim Eun-sil #
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    Han Hye-lyoung Han Hye-Lyoung (, born 15 January 1986) is a South Korean field hockey player. At the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the Korea women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament. She won a gold medal as a member of t ...
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  • Lim Seon-mee #
  • Lee Soo-jin ( GK)


    Spain

    The following is the Spanish roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling
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    Pablo Usoz Pablo Usoz Ciriza (born 31 December 1968) is a Spanish field hockey player and coach. He won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is th ...
    # María Jesús Rosa ( GK) #
    Julia Menéndez Julia Menéndez Ortega (born August 1, 1985 in Barcelona) is a field hockey defender from Spain. She represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), i ...
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    Rocío Ybarra Rocío Ybarra Solaun (born 26 December 1984) is a field hockey defender from Spain, who represented her native country at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the 2008 Games in Beijing and the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she was captain ( ...
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  • Silvia Muñoz Silvia Muñoz Escudé (born September 18, 1979 in Terrassa, Catalonia) is a field hockey midfield and forward player from Spain. She represented her native country at three consecutive Olympic Games: 2000, 2004 and 2008. Muñoz captained the Spai ...
    ( c) # Silvia Bonastre # María Romagosa # Marta Ejarque #
  • Raquel Huertas Raquel Huertas (born 18 July 1982) is a Spanish field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international m ...
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    Pilar Sánchez Pilar Sánchez Cervi (born 6 January 1982) is a Spanish field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an internat ...
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  • Núria Camón Núria Camón Farell (born 3 March 1978 in Terrassa, Barcelona) is a Spanish field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially t ...
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  • María Lopéz ( GK) # Montse Cruz #
    Esther Termens Esther Termens Cañabate (born November 2, 1984, in Terrassa, Catalonia) is a field hockey midfield player from Spain. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Termens was a key member of the Spanish natio ...
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    Gloria Comerma Glòria Comerma Broto (born 18 April 1987) is a Spanish field hockey player from Terrassa who plays as an attacker for Spanish club Egara, for which her sister, Anna Comerma, also plays. She has also played 23 times for Spain women's national f ...
    # Georgina Olivia Reserve: #
  • Paula Paula #
  • Panadero Yurena


    Pool B


    Argentina

    The following is the Argentine roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling
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    Gabriel Minadeo Gabriel Minadeo Ramírez (born July 27, 1967) is a male former field hockey player from Argentina. He competed for his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics (1988, 1992, 1996). At his last appearance (1996) Minadeo finished in eight ...
    # Belén Succi ( GK) #
  • Magdalena Aicega María Magdalena Aicega Amicarelli (born November 1, 1973 in Buenos Aires) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and the bronze medal a ...
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    Rosario Luchetti Rosario Luchetti (born 4 June 1984) is an Argentine field hockey player, who won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London with the Argentina national women's hockey team. ' ...
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  • Alejandra Gulla Alejandra Laura Gulla (born July 4, 1977 in Lincoln, Buenos Aires) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the bronze medal with the national field hockey team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and at ...
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    Luciana Aymar Luciana Paula Aymar (; born 10 August 1977) is an Argentine retired field hockey player. She is the only player in history to receive the FIH Player of the Year Awards, FIH Player of the Year Award eight times, and she is considered as the best ...
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  • Agustina García #
    Carla Rebecchi Carla Rebecchi (born 7 September 1984) is an Argentine field hockey player who won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with the Argentina national field hockey tea ...
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    Mariana González Oliva Mariana Alejandra González Oliva Gulla (born March 12, 1976 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine retired field hockey player, who twice won a bronze medal with the national women's hockey team at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008, the World Cu ...
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  • Mercedes Margalot María Mercedes "Mechi" Margalot (born June 28, 1975 in Buenos Aires) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national field hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Fou ...
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    María de la Paz Hernández María "Maripi" de la Paz Hernández (born January 11, 1977, in Buenos Aires) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and bronze meda ...
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    Mariana Rossi Mariana Rossi (born 2 January 1979 in Vicente López, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine field hockey player, who won a bronze medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Mariana has also won the World Cup ...
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  • Paola Vukojicic Paola Vukojicic ( sr, Paola Vukojičić, Паола Вукојчић; born August 28, 1974) is a retired field hockey goalkeeper from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydne ...
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    Mariné Russo Mariné Russo (born January 9, 1980 in Quilmes) is a retired field hockey player from Argentina who won the bronze medal at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics with the Argentina national team. Mariné also won two World Cups (2002 and 2010), fo ...
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  • Claudia Burkart Claudia Inés Burkart (born February 22, 1980 in Buenos Aires) is a field hockey player from Argentina who won the bronze medal with the national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Claudia has ...
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  • Giselle Kañevsky Giselle Andrea Kañevsky (born August 4, 1985, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a defender on the Argentina national team. Kañevsky is Jewish She started playing at age seven in ''Los Cardales'' Club, moving ...
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    Noel Barrionuevo María Noel Barrionuevo (born 16 May 1984) is an Argentine field hockey player. She won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Ol ...
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  • Silvina D'Elía María Silvina D'Elía (born 25 April 1986) is an Argentine field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Argentina national field hockey team. Silvina won the 2010 World Cup, five Champions Trophy, the silver medal at t ...
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  • Agustina Bouza


    Germany

    The following is the German roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling
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    Michael Behrmann Michael Behrmann (born 1 December 1966) is a German field hockey coach. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he coached the Germany women's national field hockey team The Germany women's national field hockey team has represented the unified Germany sinc ...
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  • Tina Bachmann Tina Bachmann (born 15 July 1986 in Schmiedeberg) is a retired German professional biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing thro ...
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  • Mandy Haase Mandy Haase (born 25 June 1982, in Leipzig) is a field hockey defender from Germany, who won the gold medal with the National Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She made her debut for the national squad on 18 May 2003 in ...
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  • Natascha Keller Natascha Keller (born 3 July 1977 in West Berlin) is a German retired field hockey striker. She won a gold medal as a member of the German team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olymp ...
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  • Martina Heinlein Martina Heinlein (born 16 May 1981 in Starnberg) is a German 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 hock ...
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  • Eileen Hoffmann Eileen Hoffmann (born 25 June 1984) is a German field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international ...
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  • Marion Rodewald Marion Rodewald (born 24 December 1976 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a field hockey defender from Germany, who won the gold medal with the German National Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Intern ...
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    Katharina Scholz Katharina Scholz (born 4 July 1983 in Berlin) is a German field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Scholz posed nude in the German edition of ''Playboy'' in August 2008, alongside compatriots Nicole Reinhardt, Petra Niemann a ...
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  • Fanny Rinne Fanny Rinne (born 15 April 1980 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg) is a field hockey midfielder from Germany. International senior tournaments * 1999 – Champions Trophy, Brisbane (3rd place) * 1999 – European Nations Cup, Cologne (2n ...
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  • Janine Beermann Janine Beermann (born 20 November 1983 in Wuppertal) is a German field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. She studied sports and social sciences at University of Wuppertal and currently works as a teacher at a high school in V ...
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  • Maike Stöckel Maike Stöckel (born 6 March 1984, in Bielefeld) is a German field hockey player who competed in the 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis kil ...
    # Janne Müller-Wieland # Christina Schütze # Pia Eidmann #
    Julia Müller Julia Müller (born 10 December 1985) is a German field hockey national team player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known a ...
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  • Kristina Reynolds Kristina Reynolds (born 18 February 1984) is a German field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an internati ...
    ( GK) Reserve: # Yvonne Frank #
  • Lina Geyer


    Great Britain

    The following is the British roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling
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  • Beth Storry ( GK) #
    Lisa Wooding Lisa Marie Wooding (born 1 December 1979 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire) is an English field hockey defender, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team since making her England debut in January 2001 again ...
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    Anne Panter Anne Panter (born 28 January 1984) is an English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team since 2002, and was part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Pe ...
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    Crista Cullen Chay Crista Kerio Cullen, (born 20 August 1985) is an Olympic Gold Medal-winning English field hockey player. Hockey career Cullen made her senior international debut for England in 2003. She was part of the Great Britain squad which won Bronz ...
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    Melanie Clewlow Melanie "Mel" Clewlow (born 7 May 1976 in Dover, Kent) is an English field hockey player. She was a member of the England and Great Britain squads. She made her international debut in 1996, and was part of the England squad that won silver in ...
    # Charlotte Craddock # Helen Richardson #
    Joanne Ellis Joanne Catherine Ellis (born 28 June 1981 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) is an English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwe ...
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  • Lucilla Wright Lucilla Mary Wright (born 24 December 1979 in Birmingham, West Midlands) is a female former English field hockey international. Hockey career Wright was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey teams during the late 1990s ...
    # Kate Walsh ( c) #
    Chloe Rogers Chloe Naomi Rogers (born 30 March 1985 in Harlow, Essex) is an English field hockey player midfield and forward and London 2012 Olympic bronze medal-winner. She made her senior international debut for the England women's national field hockey t ...
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    Jennie Bimson Jennie "Bimmo" Bimson (born 13 October 1976 in Wordsley, West Midlands) is a retired English field hockey player. A former member of the England and Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwes ...
    # Rachel Walker #
    Alex Danson Alexandra Mary Louise "Alex" Danson, (born 21 May 1985) is a retired English international hockey player who played as a forward for England and Great Britain. She played club hockey for Clifton Robinsons, Reading, Klein Zwitserland, Trojans ...
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  • Jo Ellis Joanne Ellis (born 10 November 1983 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is an English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team since 2006. She is not to be confused with another Engl ...
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  • Laura Barlett


    Japan

    The following is the Japanese roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling
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    Yoo Seung-Jin Yu Seung-jin (born 20 January 1969) is a former South Korean field hockey player and currently a head coach. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.He is the head coach of Monarch Mart Padma Monarch Padma (Bengal ...
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    Ikuko Okamura is a Japanese former 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 s ...
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    Keiko Miura is a female field hockey field player from Japan, who is playing for Sony Bravia Ladies. She plays as a defender and is the striker of the penalty corner in her league team as well as the national team. She can strike the ball up to 120 k ...
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  • Mayumi Ono # Chie Kimura #
    Rika Komazawa is a Japanese field hockey player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an ...
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    Kaori Chiba Kaori Chiba-Fujio ( ja, 千葉 香織; born January 29, 1981 in Minami-Alps, Yamanashi) is a field hockey player from Japan. She represented her native country at the Summer Olympics (2004, 2008 and 2012Yukari Yamamoto is a Japanese field hockey player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an ...
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    Toshie Tsukui Toshie Tsukui (born 30 July 1975) is a Japanese former field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an intern ...
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  • Sachimi Iwao # Akemi Kato ( c) #
    Tomomi Komori is a female field hockey player from Japan. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics (2004 and 2008). During the 2004 summer Olympics she helped Japan reach 8th Place, and in the 2008 Summer Olympics she helped her country ...
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  • Misaki Ozawa Misaki Ozawa (born 8 August 1985) is a Japanese former field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an intern ...
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  • Nichika Urata


    New Zealand

    The following is the New Zealand roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling
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    Kevin Towns Kevin James Towns (born 6 September 1948) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who became a hockey coach after his active career. He led New Zealand Hockey Team to the silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester ...
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    Kayla Sharland Kayla Marie Whitelock (née Sharland, born 30 October 1985) is a New Zealand field hockey player, and former captain (sports), captain of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the ''Black Sticks Women''). She has competed in four ...
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    Emily Naylor Emily Sarah Gaddum (née Naylor; born 23 December 1985) is a former New Zealand field hockey player. One of the country's most experienced players, she was due to finish her career after her fourth Olympic appearance at the 2016 Summer Olympic ...
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    Kate Saunders Kate Saunders (born 4 May 1960 in London) is an English writer, actress and journalist. She has won the Betty Trask Award and the Costa Children's Book Award and been twice shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Biography Kate Saunders is the da ...
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  • Lizzy Igasan Elizabeth Jane Igasan (now Horlock; born 16 September 1982) is a New Zealand field hockey player who was captain of the national team and a participant in the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. Early life Igasan was born in Whangāre ...
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    Stacey Carr Stacey Carr (born 6 April 1984 in Ashburton) is a field hockey midfielder from New Zealand, who made her international debut for the national team in 2003 at a three nations tournament in Japan. Carr was a member of the team that finished seven ...
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    Beth Jurgeleit Beth Ellen Jurgeleit (married name Smith; born 24 July 1980) is a New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper, who competed as part of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the ''Black Sticks Women'') at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2 ...
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  • Caryn Paewai Caryn Erena Paewai (born 27 August 1975) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in sixth position with the Women's National Team, nicknamed ''Black Sticks'', at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Two years lat ...
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  • Niniwa Roberts Niniwa Kiri Rata Roberts (also known as Nin Roberts; born 1 June 1976) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the ''Black Sticks Women'') between 2001 and 2008, including for th ...
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    Tara Drysdale Tara Drysdale (born 30 January 1979) is a New Zealand 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 ...
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    Sheree Horvath Sheree Horvath (born 7 April 1980) is a New Zealand 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 ...
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  • Anita Wawatai ( GK) Reserve: #
  • Charlotte Harrison Charlotte Harrison (born 31 July 1989) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the ''Black Sticks Women''), including for the team at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics and a ...
    # Jasmine McQuinn


    United States

    The following is the American roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling
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    Lee Bodimeade Lee Bodimeade (born 12 February 1970 in Warwick, Queensland) is a former field hockey player from Australia, who was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on t ...
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    Rachel Dawson Rachel Dawson (born August 2, 1985) is an American field hockey player. A midfielder / back, she earned her first senior career cap vs Australia on June 5, 2005. Dawson was named to the U.S. field hockey team for the 2008 Summer Olympics and 20 ...
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  • Tiffany Snow Tiffany Snow (born December 2, 1981) is an American field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics. College In 2004, while at Old Dominion Old Dominion most commonly refers to: *The Old Dominion, a n ...
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  • Dana Sensenig Dana Sensenig (born November 30, 1984) is an American field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beiji ...
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  • Caroline Nichols Caroline Nelson-Nichols (born December 15, 1984) is an American field hockey player. She is a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team for Women’s Field Hockey and the 2012 US Olympic team. Before serving as the interihead coach of the US Wome ...
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  • Kate Barber Kate ("Tiki") Barber (born November 22, 1976 in West Chester, Pennsylvania) is a field hockey forward and midfield player from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1998 by scoring two goals ...
    ( c) # Katelyn Falgowski # Dina Rizzo #
    Amy Tran Amy Swensen (née Trần, also known as Amy Tran-Swensen, born October 2, 1980) is an American field hockey player. A goalkeeper, she made her national team debut against Mexico at the 2001 Pan American Cup, where she shared the 5-0 shutout. She ...
    ( GK) # Kayla Bashore # Lauren Crandall #
    Lauren Powley Lauren Powley (born March 5, 1984) is an American field hockey player. Biography Early life and education Lauren Powley was born March 5, 1984, in Kingston, Pennsylvania, to Penelope and Kenneth Powley. She grew up in Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, ...
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  • Barbara Weinberg ( GK)


    References

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