Juliet Haslam
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| Born | 31 May 1969 Australia |
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Juliet Haslam OAM (born 31 May 1969 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former field hockey defender and midfielder from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, for her native country. She was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team, best known as the Hockeyroos, that won the gold medals at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. As well as being a dual Olympic Gold Medallist, she won a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal, two World Cup Gold Medals, five Champions Trophy Gold Medals and was named in the Australian Women’s ‘Team of the Century’.
Juliet lives in Adelaide, South Australia and is married to former AFL footballer Andrew Obst who played for Melbourne Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club.
Juliet started playing hockey at the age of 10.
She played in junior state and under age Australian teams.
In 1995, Juliet was the Captain of 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.
Juliet first played for Australia in 1989 and retired after the 2000 Sydney Olympics having played 220 games for Australia. She celebrated her 200th game for Australia in the 1999 Oceania Cup against New Zealand.
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:
At the 2000 Olympics, Juliet scored a goal in the gold medal decider in her final match before retiring.
Juliet is actively involved in the community serving in a number of ways. She has been on the Board of Hockey SA since early 2013.
She is an ambassador to the Premier's Reading Challenge, Roger Rasheed foundation which helps give kids a sporting chance, and Port Adelaide Football Club.
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