Deborah Ann Bowman-Sullivan (born 4 July 1963) in
Southport, Queensland
Southport is a coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. In the , Southport had a population of 31,908 people. It contains the Gold Coast central business district.
Geography
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) is an Australian former
field hockey defender, who won the gold medal with the
Women's National Team at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
in
Seoul, South Korea.
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
Australian Sports Medal.
In 2009, Bowman was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.
See also
*
Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics
References
*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
External links
*
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
20th-century Australian women
Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland
Sportswomen from Queensland
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