Linda Margaret Watson (born 15 September 1955) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Olympedia records her as a Zimbabwe under 21 player in 1974, a Zimbabwe B player in 1975 and 1976 and a Zimbabwe A player in 1979 and 1980, and lists her club as Harare Sports Club. The women's Olympic tournament was reduced by the Western boycott and Zimbabwe, invited late, won it with three wins and two draws. She played in all five matches and scored one field goal. Watson was also one of Zimbabwe's top hurdlers and sprinters.
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member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
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