Elspeth Denning
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| Gold medal – first place | 1988 Seoul | Team competition |
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Elspeth Denning (OAM) (née Swain, also known as Elspeth Denning-Clement and Elspeth Clement-Denning) a former Western Australian field hockey player. She was born in Kenya on 19 June 1956 and moved with her family to South Africa when she was six. She played representative hockey for Western Province before moving to Western Australia in 1975.[1]
As a member of the Hockeyroos, she represented Australian in 101 matches between 1978 and 1988. She was selected for Olympic squads in 1980 (Moscow), 1984 (Los Angeles) and 1988 (Seoul). In 1988 she was vice-captain in Australia's gold medal win,[2] and was rated as the outstanding player of the meet.[1]
In domestic hockey, Denning represented Western Australia from 1976 to 1988.
Awards
[edit | edit source]In 1989 she was awarded the Order of Australia medal and was voted Western Australian Sports Star of the Year.
In 1996 she was inducted into the Western Australian Hall of Champions.[3]
in 2005 she was inducted into the Hockey WA Hall of Champions[3][4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b W.A. Hall of Champions inductee booklet. (2006) Published by the Western Australian Institute of Sport p.28
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External links
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- 1956 births
- Australian female field hockey players
- Australian people of British descent
- Kenyan emigrants to Australia
- White Kenyan people
- White South African people
- Field hockey players from Perth, Western Australia
- Olympic field hockey players for Australia
- Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Living people
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Australian sportswomen
- Australian field hockey biography stubs
- Australian Olympic medalist stubs