Tracey Belbin
Tracey Lee Belbin OAM (born 24 June 1967 in Cairns, Queensland) is a former field hockey player from Australia, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. There she won the gold medal with the Women's National Team.
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Born | 24 June 1967 Tingalpa, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As a student of the University of Queensland in Brisbane she graduated in 1993, getting a double major in psychology. After her active career she became a hockey coach, working as an assistant for the South African Women's Team. In January 1999 Belbin was named Head Coach of the US Women's Team, with whom she won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. She resigned after the 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup.
In 2009 Belbin was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.[2]
References
- "Tracey Belbin". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- "Ms Tracey Belbin OAM". Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. qsport.org.au. Retrieved 20 January 2014.