Rechelle Hawkes

Rechelle Margaret Hawkes, AM (born 30 May 1967 in Albany, Western Australia) is the former captain of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, best known as the Hockeyroos, she was captain for eight years and became the second Australian woman after swimmer Dawn Fraser to win three Olympic gold medals at three separate Olympic Games: Seoul 1988, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000.

Rechelle Hawkes

Medal record
Women's Field Hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	Team
	1996 Atlanta	Team
	2000 Sydney	Team
World Cup
	1994 Dublin	Team
	1998 Utrecht	Team
	1990 Sydney	Team
Commonwealth Games
	1998 Kuala Lumpur	Team
Champions Trophy
	1991 Berlin	Team
	1993 Amstelveen	Team
	1995 Mar del Plata	Team
	1997 Berlin	Team
	1999 Brisbane	Team
	1987 Amstelveen	Team
	1989 Frankfurt	Team
	2000 Amstelveen	Team

Hawkes also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where Australia finished fifth. She made her debut in 1985, and reached a milestone in 1999, when the midfield player celebrated 250 games for the national team. She read the Athlete's Olympic Oath at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.^[1]

She received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1989,^[2] an Australian Sports Medal in 2000,^[3] and a Centenary Medal in 2001.^[4] In 2001, she was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'.^[5] She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2002.^[6]

Hawkes is currently Assistant Coach to the Victoria Park Xavier Hockey Club's women's first side (for season 2010).

In the 2018 Australia Day Honours, Hawkes was made a Member of the Order of Australia "For significant service to hockey, particularly as national captain of multiple tournament-winning teams, and as a role model and commentator."^[7]