Alison Peek
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| Born | 12 October 1969 Australia |
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Alison Peek OAM (born 12 October 1969), nickname "Peeky", is a former field hockey player from Australia, who competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country. She was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team, best known as the Hockeyroos, that won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. As well as being an Olympic Gold Medallist, she won a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal, two World Cup Gold Medals, four Champions Trophy Gold Medals and was named in the Australian Women’s ‘Team of the Century’.
The perpetual shield for Hockey SA's U18 Women's State Junior Zone Championship is named after Alison.
Alison lives in country South Australia.
Alison played club hockey for Adelaide Hockey Club in South Australia.
In 1995, Alison was in the Australian Hockey League team the Southern Suns that won the national championship.
She is on the South Australian Sports Institute Olympic Games Honour Roll.
Alison is a dual Olympian who first played for Australia in 1989 and retired after 2000 having played 222 international games and scoring 6 goals.
She made her Olympic Games debut in 1992 in Barcelona where the team finished fifth, but missed out on the 1996 Olympic Games where the Hockeyroos won the Gold medal.
Peek returned to the Olympic stage in 2000 in Sydney and played strongly winning a Gold Medal as the Hockeyroos enjoyed a fine tournament. From its eight matches, the Hockeyroos won seven and drew one, outscoring its opponents 25-5. Australia beat Argentina 3-1 in the final to become the first women’s hockey team to successfully defend an Olympic title.
At 222 matches, Peek has played more international hockey matches for Australia than any other South Australian. She is one of only three South Australians, and one of only 16 females to have played over 200 international games for Australia.
Her achievements include:
Alison is actively involved in the community serving in a number of ways. She was the Hockey Ambassador for the 2015 Australian Masters Games in Adelaide and is involved in coaching junior hockey.
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