Rechelle Hawkes

Rechelle Hawkes, born on 30 May 1967 in Albany, Western Australia, is a former Australian field hockey player who spent eight years as captain of the Hockeyroos, the national women's team. She made her debut in 1985 and as a midfielder had played 250 games for the national side by 1999. She won Olympic gold medals at Seoul in 1988, Atlanta in 1996 and Sydney in 2000, becoming the second Australian woman after the swimmer Dawn Fraser to win three Olympic gold medals at three separate Games, and she also competed at Barcelona in 1992, where Australia finished fifth. She read the athletes' oath at the Sydney 2000 Games and was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2002.