Hawkes, Rechelle (1967-)

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Hockey Player and Olympian
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Described as ‘the cornerstone of Australia’s golden era in women’s hockey’, Rechelle Hawkes was one of the world’s most highly decorated hockey players. She had her international debut in 1985 and retired in 2000, playing an Australian record 279 international matches and winning multiple gold medals in major competitions along the way. She won three Olympic Games gold medals (1988, 1996, 2000), two World Cups (1994, 1998) and five Champions Trophies (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999). She was a member of the team that won gold at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998. She is the most successful female player in international Hockey history Hawkes had bad luck with injuries early in her career, but this did not stop her from taking her place in the team that won Olympic gold in 1988 in Seoul. In 1993, she was appointed team captain and led the team that compiled an unbeaten streak of 31 games leading into the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, and which eventually went on to beat South Korea 3-1 in the final. After Atlanta, Hawkes took some time off the game to contemplate her future. She decided to go for Olympic gold one more time and was given the honour of reading the Athletes’ Oath at the opening ceremony in Sydney. Two weeks later, she played her last international game and claimed her third Olympic gold medal. Hawkes was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Western Australian Hall of Champions in 2005.

  • 1988 Gold Medalist at the Seoul Olympic Games - Member of the Hockeyroos
  • 1991 - 1999 Member of the team that won the Champion's Trophy five times in succession
  • 1992 Participated at the Barcelona Olympic Games
  • 1993 Appointed captain of the Australian team
  • 1994 Member of the Wold Cup Championship Team
  • 1996 Gold Medalist at the Atlanta Olympic Games - Member of the Hockeyroos
  • 1998 Member of the Commonwealth Games Gold Medal winning Team at Kuala Lumpur
  • 1998 Member of the Wold Cup Championship Team
  • 2000 Gold Medalist at the Sydney Olympic Games - Member of the Hockeyroos
  • 2002 Inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
  • 2004 Awarded an Order of Australia Medal
  • 2005 Inducted into the Western Australian Hall of Champions

View the full record at Australian Women's Register

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Australia at the Games
    Australian Olympic Committee
    [2006]
    Published: Australian Olympic Committee
    Series: http://corporate.olympics.com.au/index.cfm?p=25
  2. She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2007]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html

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