Katrina Maree "Triny" Powell (born 8 April 1972 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) is an Australian

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 ...

player. She represented Australia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Powell was a member of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, known as the

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, that won the gold medals at the 1996 and the

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. Powell represented Australia 252 times, and scored 141 goals. She is the sister of Lisa Powell and the sister-in-law of Stuart Carruthers. Powell was awarded the

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(OAM) in the 1997 Australia Day Honours and the

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in June 2000. In March 2021, she was appointed Hockeyroos coach - the first female coach of the side in 43 years.

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* 1972 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Sportspeople from Canberra Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey ACT Academy of Sport alumni Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Sportswomen from the Australian Capital Territory Australian field hockey coaches Coaches at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub