Elspeth Denning

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Olympic medal record
Women's field hockey
Competitor for Australia
Gold	1988 Seoul	Team competition

Elspeth Denning (OAM) (née Swain, also known as Elspeth Denning-Clement and Elspeth Clement-Denning) is 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.

Awards

In 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^[4]^[5]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 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 2007-11-18.
↑ "WA Hockey Legends". Hockey WA. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
↑ "Hockey Bulletin". Newsletter of Hockey WA. 2005-09-15. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
↑ "WA Hockey Legends". Hockey WA. Retrieved 2007-11-18.

v t e Australia squad – 1987 Champions Trophy

1 Partridge 2 Clement 3 Tooth 4 Belbin 5 Richards 6 M. Capes 7 Pisani 8 Bowman (c) 9 L. Capes 10 Small 11 Buchanan 12 Pereira 13 Dorman 14 Hawkes 15 Simpson 16 Fish Coach: Glencross

v t e Australia squad – 1988 Summer Olympics

1 Partridge 2 Clement 3 Tooth 4 Dorman 5 Hillas 6 M. Capes 7 Pisani 8 Bowman (c) 9 L. Capes 10 Small 11 Carbon 12 Pereira 13 Belbin 14 Hawkes 15 Buchanan 16 Fish Coach: Glencross

Persondata
Name	Denning, Elspeth
Alternative names
Short description	Australian field hockey player
Date of birth	19 June 1956
Place of birth	Kenya
Date of death
Place of death

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