Elspeth Denning (OAM) (née Swain, also known as Elspeth Denning-Clement and Elspeth Clement-Denning) a former Western Australian field hockey player. She was born in Kenya on 19 June 1956 and moved with her family to South Africa when she was six. She played representative hockey for Western Province before moving to Western Australia in 1975.[1]
As a member of the Hockeyroos, she represented Australian in 101 matches between 1978 and 1988. She was selected for Olympic squads in 1980 (Moscow), 1984 (Los Angeles) and 1988 (Seoul). In 1988 she was vice-captain in Australia's gold medal win,[2] and was rated as the outstanding player of the meet.[1]
In domestic hockey, Denning represented Western Australia from 1976 to 1988.
elspeth, denning, née, swain, also, known, clement, elspeth, clement, denning, former, western, australian, field, hockey, player, born, kenya, june, 1956, moved, with, family, south, africa, when, played, representative, hockey, western, province, before, mov. Elspeth Denning OAM nee Swain also known as Elspeth Denning Clement and Elspeth Clement Denning a former Western Australian field hockey player She was born in Kenya on 19 June 1956 and moved with her family to South Africa when she was six She played representative hockey for Western Province before moving to Western Australia in 1975 1 Olympic medal record Women s field hockey Representing Australia 1988 Seoul Team competition As a member of the Hockeyroos she represented Australian in 101 matches between 1978 and 1988 She was selected for Olympic squads in 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles and 1988 Seoul In 1988 she was vice captain in Australia s gold medal win 2 and was rated as the outstanding player of the meet 1 In domestic hockey Denning represented Western Australia from 1976 to 1988 Awards editIn 1989 she was awarded the Order of Australia medal and was voted Western Australian Sports Star of the Year In 1996 she was inducted into the Western Australian Hall of Champions 3 in 2005 she was inducted into the Hockey WA Hall of Champions 3 4 References edit a b W A Hall of Champions inductee booklet 2006 Published by the Western Australian Institute of Sport p 28 Denning Elspeth 1957 Australian Women Biographical entry April 2007 Retrieved 18 November 2007 a b WA Hockey Legends PDF Hockey WA Archived from the original PDF on 20 July 2008 Retrieved 18 November 2007 Hockey Bulletin PDF Newsletter of Hockey WA 15 September 2005 Archived from the original PDF on 29 August 2007 Retrieved 2007 11 18 External links editElspeth Denning at Olympedia nbsp Elspeth Denning at the Australian Olympic Committee nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an Australian field hockey figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elspeth Denning amp oldid 1156650117, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
