Maureen George (born 1 September 1955 in Bulawayo) 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. The women's tournament was reduced by the Western boycott of the Games, and Zimbabwe, invited late and assembled in a matter of weeks, won the event and claimed the only medal the country took home from Moscow. It was the first Olympic medal awarded in women's field hockey. According to the Olympedia match table she played in all five of Zimbabwe's matches, in a round robin that the team finished with three wins and two draws and a goal difference of 13 goals to 4.
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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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Born 1 September 1955 in Bulawayo, Bulawayo ZIM
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Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Competed In: 1980 Summer Olympics, Results, Games
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