Katrina Maree "Triny" Powell OAM (born 8 April 1972 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) is an Australian field hockey player. She represented Australia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.
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Powell was a member of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, known as the Hockeyroos, that won the gold medals at the 1996 and the 2000 Summer Olympics. 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 Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1997 Australia Day Honours[1] and the Australian Sports Medal in June 2000.[2]
In March 2021, she was appointed Hockeyroos coach - the first female coach of the side in 43 years.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Katrina Maree Powell". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Katrina Maree Powell, OAM". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Olympics: Powell takes over Australia's 'Hockeyroos' after period of turmoil". Reuters. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
External links
edit- Katrina Powell at Olympedia
- Katrina Powell at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Katrina Powell at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Australian Olympic Committee
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Triny Powell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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