Deborah Ann Bowman-Sullivan (born 4 July 1963) is an Australian former

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

defender, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

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. As captain, Bowman led the Australian Women's team to Olympic gold in Seoul in 1988. This was Australia's first ever Olympic gold medal in any team event. In 2000, Bowman was awarded the

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. In 2009, Bowman was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.

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*http://www.goldcoastsport.com.au/Hall-Of-Fame/inductees/Debbie-Bowman-Sullivan.html *http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2008/results/historical/athletes/2251.htm

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* 1963 births Living people Olympic medalists in field hockey Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Olympic field hockey players for Australia Australian female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland Sportswomen from Queensland 20th-century Australian sportswomen {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub

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