Gillian Cowley

Gillian Cowley

Personal information
Born	July 8, 1955
Medal record Women's Field Hockey Competitor for  Zimbabwe Olympic Games Gold 1980 Moscow Team Competition

Gillian ("Gill") Cowley (born July 8, 1955) is a former hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Because of the boycott of the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the Women's Hockey Tournament: the hosting USSR team. A late request was sent to the government of the African nation, which quickly assembled a team less than a week before the competition started. To everyone's surprise they won, claiming Zimbabwe's only medal in the 1980 Games.

References

• sports-reference

Zimbabwe squad – 1980 Olympic Gold Medallists GK English GK Boxall  Chase  Chick  Cowley  Davies  George  Grant (c)  Huggett  McKillop  Phillips  Prinsloo  Robertson  Volk  Watson Player-Coach: Stewart